Biological activities of the essential oils and methanol extract of tow cultivated mint species (Mentha longifolia and Mentha pulegium) used in the Tunisian folkloric medicine

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2227-2238

  Hajlaoui, Hafedh ^a   Trabelsi, Najla ^b   Noumi, Emira ^a   Snoussi, Mejdi ^a   Fallah, Hanen ^b   Ksouri, Riadh ^b   Bakhrouf, Amina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial capacity; Antioxidant activity; Essential oil; GC; GC MS; Mentha longifolia; Mentha pulegium; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CAPACITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA; MENTHA PULEGIUM; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; METHANOL; MINTS; OXYGEN; PHENOLS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

MENTHA; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA; MENTHA PULEGIUM;

EID: 76349105967     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-009-0130-3     Document Type: Article

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