Antimicrobial activities of the essential oils of Origanum onites L., Origanum vulgare L. subspecies hirtum (link) Ietswaart, Satureja thymbra L., and Thymus cilicicus Boiss. & Bal. growing wild in Turkey

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 568-573

  Sarac, Nurdan ^a   Ugur, Aysel ^a  

^a MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Essential oils; Lamiaceae; Multiple antibiotic resistant bacteria

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOPERAZONE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; NYSTATIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANGIOSPERM; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHRYSEOMONAS LUTEOLA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DISTILLATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD SPOILAGE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROORGANISM; OREGANO; ORIGANUM ONITES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SATUREJA THYMBRA; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; THYMUS CILICICUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; LAMIACEAE; OILS, VOLATILE; ORIGANUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; SATUREJA; THYMUS PLANT; TURKEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LAMIACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; ORIGANUM ONITES; ORIGANUM VULGARE; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS LUTEOLA; SATUREJA THYMBRA; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; THYMUS (THYME);

EID: 52149100417     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2007.0520     Document Type: Article

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