Chemical composition, antibacterial and antioxidant activities of a new chemotype of Tunisian Thymus vulgaris oils growing in Sayada

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 263-267

  Marzouk, Belsem ^a   Edziri, Hayet ^a   Haloui, Ihsen ^a   Issawi, Manel ^b   Chraief, Imed ^b   El Ouni, Mahjoub ^a   Fnina, Nadia ^a   Marzouk, Zohra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity, antioxidant activity, Sayada; Chemical composition; Thymus vulgaris L., essential oils

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; CARVACROL; TERPENE; THYME OIL;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DILUTION; DISTILLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOWER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PLANT LEAF; THYME;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 66349092460     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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