Composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil and extract of Hypericum elongatum

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 2671-2675

  Ghasemi, Younes ^a   Khalaj, Amir ^a   Mohagheghzadeh, Abdolali ^a   Khosravi, Ahmad Reza ^b   Morowvat, Mohammad Hossein ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; GC MS; Guttiferae; Hypericum elongatum; Pinene < >

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CANDIDA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; MICROORGANISMS; MONOTERPENES; SALMONELLA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; YEAST;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL; GC/MS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GUTTIFERAE; HYPERICUM ELONGATUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

EID: 35348950000     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2007.2671.2675     Document Type: Article

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