Study on the antimicrobial, cytotoxic, and genotoxic activities of the essential oil of artemisia dracunculus L

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 18, Issue 5 B, 2009, Pages 885-889

  Tüÿ, Berrin Ayaz ^a   Yilmaz, Meral ^a   Kivanc, Merih ^a  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Artemisia dracunculus; Cytotoxicity; Genotoxicity; Lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESSENTIAL OIL; FUNGUS; GENOTOXICITY; HERB; TOXICITY;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA DRACUNCULUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 68149100625     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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