Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Anzer tea essential oil

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1424-1426

  Şekeroǧlu, Nazim ^a   Deveci, Metin ^a   Buruk, C Kurtuluş ^b   Gürbüz, Bilal ^c   Ipek, Arif ^c  

^a ORDU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial properties; p cymene; Thyme; Thymol; Volatile oil

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS PRAECOX; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 34248197918     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2847     Document Type: Article

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