Chemical composition and antimicrobial activities of essential oils of myrrhis odorata (l.) Scop, hypericum perforatum l and helichrysum arenarium (l.) Moench

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 341-345

  Rančić, Ana ^a   Soković, Marina ^a   Vukojević, Jelena ^a   Simić, Ana ^a   Marin, Petar ^a   Duletić Laušević, Sonja ^a   Djoković, Dejan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Apiaceae; Asteraceae; Cyclosativene; Di epi cedrene; Essential oil composition; Helichrysum arenarium; Hyperaceae; Hypericum perforatum; Limonene; Myrrhis odorata; Nonane; P cymene; ylangene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COMPOSITION; FUNGI;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; APIACEAE; ASTERACEAE; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; HELICHRYSUM ARENARIUM; HYPERACEAE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; LIMONENE; MYRRHIS ODORATA; P-CYMENE;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

APIACEAE; APIALES; ASTERACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; HELICHRYSUM; HELICHRYSUM ARENARIUM; HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; MYRRHIS ODORATA;

EID: 27744530237     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2005.9698925     Document Type: Article

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