Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of the essential oil of thymus ciliatus (desf.) benth. Ssp. eu-ciliatus maire from Algeria

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 490-493

  Bousmaha Marroki, Leila ^a   Atik Bekkara, Fewzia ^b   Tomi, Félix ^c   Casanova, Joseph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIDI BEL ABBES   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TLEMCEN   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

Author keywords

13C NMR; Algeria; Antibacterial activity; Antifungal activity; Carvacrol; Essential oil; Thymus ciliatus ssp. eu ciliatus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; CARVACROL; THYMUS CILIATUS SSP. EU-CILIATUS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

EID: 34548720325     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2007.9699960     Document Type: Article

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