Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Thymus pannonicus All. (Lamiaceae) essential oil

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-154

  Maksimović, Zoran ^a   Milenković, Marina ^a   Vučićević, Dragana ^a   Ristić, Mihailo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Institute for Medicinal Plants Research   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Essential oil composition; Geranial; Neral; Thymus pannonicus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; CITRUS LIMON; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS PANNONICUS;

EID: 43349085449     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-008-0013-x     Document Type: Article

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