Antibacterial activity and essential oil composition of Satureja spicigera from Iran

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 20-24

  Eftekhar, Fereshteh ^a   Raei, Fereshteh ^a   Yousefzadi, Morteza ^b   Ebrahimi, Samad Nejad ^a   Hadian, Javad ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Essential oil composition; Satureja spicigera

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SATUREJA SPICIGERA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 62549121240     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2009-1-204     Document Type: Article

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