Chemical composition and antifungal activity of the essential oil of Thymbra capitata

Planta Medica

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 572-575

  Salgueiro, L R ^a   Pinto, E ^b   Goncalves M J ^a   Pina Vaz, C ^c,d   Cavaleiro, C ^a   Rodrigues, A G ^c,d   Palmeira, A ^b   Tavares, C ^c   Costa De Oliveira, S ^c   Martinez De Oliveira, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

^d IPA TIMUP   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 CYMENE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ALPHA THUJENE; BETA PHELLANDRENE; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; CAMPHENE; CARVACROL; CITRAL; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; GERANIOL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; NEROL; OCTANOL; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; SABINENE; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPINENE; TERPINOLENE; THYMBRA CAPITATA EXTRACT; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZETA BETA OCIMENE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DERMATOPHYTE; DISTILLATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; THYMBRA CAPITATA;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; HUMANS; LAMIACEAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT OILS;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CAPITATA; FUNGI;

EID: 3042755205     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-827162     Document Type: Article

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