Antibacterial activity of Thymus pallidus Batt. and determination of the chemical composition of its essential oil

Acta Botanica Gallica

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 303-310

  Sqalli, Hakima ^a   El Ouarti, Asmae ^a   Farah, Abdellah ^b   Ennabili, Abdeslam ^b   Haggoud, Abdellatif ^a   Ibnsouda, Saad ^a   Houari, Abdellah ^a   Iraqui, Mohammed Houssaini ^a  

^a SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Essential oil; Thymol; Thymus pallidus Batt; terpinene

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYCOBACTERIUM AURUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; THYMUS (THYME);

EID: 72149128878     PISSN: 12538078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/12538078.2009.10516160     Document Type: Article

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