Biochemical activities of Iranian Mentha piperita L. and Myrtus communis L. essential oils

Phytochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1249-1255

  Yadegarinia, Davod ^a   Gachkar, Latif ^a   Rezaei, Mohammad Bagher ^b   Taghizadeh, Massoud ^c   Astaneh, Shakiba Alipoor ^c   Rasooli, Iraj ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTS AND RANGELANDS   (Iran)

^c SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; C. albicans; E. coli; Essential oil; Mentha piperita; Myrtus communis; Radical scavenging; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; IRAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MENTHA PIPERITA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYRTLE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; IRAN; MENTHA PIPERITA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYRTUS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT PREPARATIONS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MENTHA X PIPERITA; MYRTUS COMMUNIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33745493267     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.04.025     Document Type: Article

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