Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oils of micromeria thymifolia (Scop.) fritsch., M. dalmatica Benth., and satureja cuneifolia ten. and its secretory elements

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-96

  Šavikin, Katarina P ^a   Menković, Nebojša R ^a   Zdunić, Gordana M ^a   Tasić, Slavoljub R ^a   Ristić, Mihailo S ^a   Stević, Tatjana R ^a   Dajić Stevanović, Zora P ^b  

^a Institute for Medicinal Plants Research   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Essential oil composition; Glandular trichomes; Lamiaceae; Linalool; Micromeria dalmatica; Micromeria thymifolia; Piperitenone; Piperitenone oxide; Pulegone; Satureja cuneifolia; pinene

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; LAMIACEAE; PIPERITENONE; PULEGONE; SATUREJA CUNEIFOLIA;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MICROMERIA; MICROMERIA THYMIFOLIA; SATUREJA CUNEIFOLIA;

EID: 76249100301     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2010.9700271     Document Type: Article

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