Antimicrobial activity of essential oils from aromatic plants grown in the mediterranean Area

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-189

  Tommasi, Luca ^a   Negro, Carmine ^a   Miceli, Antonio ^a   Mazzotta, Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b Studio Effemme Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

1,8 cineole; Antimicrobical activity; Borneol; Essential oil composition; Lamiaceae; Linalool; Origanum vulgare subsp. hirtum; P cymene; Rosmarinus officinalis; Satureja cuneifolia; Thymbra capitata; Thymol; pinene; terpinene

Indexed keywords

PHENOLS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

1,8-CINEOLE; ANTIMICROBICAL ACTIVITY; BORNEOL; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; LAMIACEAE; LINALOOL; ORIGANUM VULGARE SUBSP. HIRTUM; P-CYMENE; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; SATUREJA CUNEIFOLIA; THYMBRA CAPITATA; THYMOL;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; SATUREJA CUNEIFOLIA; THYMBRA CAPITATA;

EID: 63549140837     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2009.9700143     Document Type: Article

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