Antifungal activity of the essential oil of Mentha x piperita

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 511-515

  Soković, Marina D ^a   Glamočlija, Jasmina ^a   Marin, Petar D ^a   Brkić, Dejan D ^b   Vukojević, Jelena ^a   Jovanović, Dragutin ^c   Bulajić, Nina ^c   Kataranovski, Dragan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Institute for Medicinal Plant Research Dr Josif Pan i   (Serbia)

^c Klinika za maksilofacijalnu hirurgiju   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Dermatomycetes; Essential oil; Mentha x piperita; Menthol

Indexed keywords

3 OCTANOL; ALPHA TERPINOLEN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BETA FARNESENE; BETA PINENE; BICYCLOGERMACREN; BIFONAZOLE; BOURBONENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERMACRENE D; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MENTHOFURAN; MENTHOL; MENTHONE; MENTHYLACETATE; MYRCENE; OCIMENE; PARA CYMENE; PEPPERMINT; PINENE; PIPERITON; PULEGONE; SABINENE; TERPINENE; THUJENE; TRICYCLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MENTHA PIPERITA; NONHUMAN; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

ANIMALIA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; MENTHA X PIPERITA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33750051961     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200600878700     Document Type: Article

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