Chemical composition and bioactivity on bacteria and fungi of the essential oil from lippia micromera schauer

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-75

  Rojas, Luis B ^a   Mora, Daysi ^a   Chataing, Bernardo ^a,b   Guerrero, Balmore ^b   Usubillaga, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antifungal activity; Essential oils; Lippia micromera Schauer; Thymol

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; KLUYVEROMYCES; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; LIPPIA; LIPPIA MICROMERA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA SONNEI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 63449119574     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2009.10643694     Document Type: Article

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