Chemical composition and in vitro antimicrobial activity of the essential oils of two Helichrysum species from Tanzania

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 59, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 368-372

  Bougatsos, Christos ^a   Ngassapa, Olipa ^b   Runyoro, Deborah K B ^b   Chinou, Ioanna B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial Activity; Helichrysum cymosum and fulgidum; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HELICHRYSUM; HELICHRYSUM CYMOSUM; HELICHRYSUM FULGIDUM;

EID: 3042844394     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2004-5-614     Document Type: Article

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