Chemical composition of essential oils of Thymus and mentha species and their antifungal activities

Molecules

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 238-249

  Soković, Marina D ^a   Vukojević, Jelena ^a   Marin, Petar D ^a   Brkić, Dejan D ^b   Vajs, Vlatka ^c   Van Griensven, Leo J L D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Janssen Cilag   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Carvacrol; Carvone; Essential oils; M. piperita; Mentha spicata; Menthol; Micromycetes; T. tosevii; Thymol; Thymus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MENTHA; THYME;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FUNGI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MENTHA; OILS, VOLATILE; THYMUS PLANT;

EID: 59149093932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules14010238     Document Type: Article

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