Analysis of the essential oil of Origanum dubium growing wild in Cyprus. Investigation of its antioxidant capacity and antimicrobial activity

Planta Medica

Volumn 72, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1330-1334

  Karioti, A ^a   Vrahimi Hadjilouca, T ^b   Droushiotis, D ^b   Rancic, A ^c   Hadjipavlou Litina, D ^d   Skaltsa, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Ministry of Agriculture   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 OCTEN 3 OL; 1,4 MENTH 2 EN 1 OL; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ALPHA THUJENE; AROMADENDRENE; BETA PHELLANDRENE; BORNEOL; CAMPHENE; CARVACROL; CARVEOL; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINEOLE; DELTA 2 CARENE; DIHYDROCARVONE; ESSENTIAL OIL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LINALOOL; LIPOXYGENASE; MYRCENE; OCIMENE; ORIGANUM DUBIUM EXTRACT; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; RHO CYMENE; SABIENE HYDRATE; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL 4; TERPINOLENE; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRUS; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; ORIGANUM DUBIUM;

GLYCINE MAX; ORIGANUM;

EID: 33845250930     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-947255     Document Type: Article

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