Chemical Composition and antimicrobial activity of ambrosia artemisiifolia L. Essential oil

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 270-273

  Chalchat, Jean Claude ^a   Maksimovic, Zoran A ^b   Petrovic, Silvana D ^b   Gorunovic, Momcilo S ^b   Dordevic, Sofija ^b   Mraovic, Mirjana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c Institute for Serums   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Ambrosia artemisiifolia; Antimicrobial activity; Asteraceae; Essential oil composition; Germacrene D; Limonene

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; DIFFUSION; DISTILLATION; FUNGI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); WIND;

AMBROSIA ARTEMISIIFOLIA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ASTERACEAE; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; GERMACRENE D; LIMONENE;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

AMBROSIA; AMBROSIA ARTEMISIIFOLIA; ASTERACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 2442456998     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2004.9698718     Document Type: Article

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