Antimicrobial activities of essential oils of mint and peppermint as well as some of their main compounds

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 363-366

  Jirovetz, Leopold ^a   Buchbauer, Gerhard ^a   Bail, Stefanie ^a   Denkova, Zapriana ^b   Slavchev, Alexander ^b   Stoyanova, Albena ^b   Schmidt, Erich ^c   Geissler, Margit ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGIES   (Bulgaria)

^c Kurt Kitzing GmbH   (Germany)

^d Shimadzu Germany   (Germany)

Author keywords

1,8 cineole; Antimicrobial activity; Essential oil composition; Eugenol; Lamiaceae; Limonene; Mentha canadensis; Mentha piperita; Menthol; Menthone; Menthyl acetate; caryophyllene; pinene

Indexed keywords

1,8-CINEOLE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; EUGENOL; LAMIACEAE; LIMONENE; MENTHA CANADENSIS; MENTHA PIPERITA; MENTHOL; MENTHONE; MENTHYL ACETATE;

ALGAE; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; MINTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; YEAST;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MENTHA; MENTHA CANADENSIS; MENTHA X PIPERITA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS VULGARIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA SP.; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 68649125612     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2009.9700193     Document Type: Article

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