Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Satureja hortensis L. essential oil

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 411-416

  Mihajilov Krstev, Tatjana ^a   Radnović, Dragan ^b   Kitić, Dušanka ^a   Zlatković, Bojan ^a   Ristić, Mihailo ^c   Branković, Suzana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^c Institute for Medicinal Plants Research   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Essential oil; S. hortensis; Satureja L.; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA; KLEBSIELLA; PROTEUS (ENTEROBACTERIA); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SATUREJA; SATUREJA HORTENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 70350041120     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-009-0027-z     Document Type: Article

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