Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oils from two species of Thymus growing wild in southern italy

Molecules

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4614-4624

  De Martino, Laura ^a   Bruno, Maurizio ^b   Formisano, Carmen ^c   De Feo, Vincenzo ^a   Napolitano, Francesco ^c   Rosselli, Sergio ^b   Senatore, Felice ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Essential oil composition; Geraniol; Thymol; Thymus longicaulis C. Presl; Thymus pulegioides L.

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; THYME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; ITALY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; THYMUS PLANT;

EID: 73349110948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules14114614     Document Type: Article

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