Quantification of the antibacterial properties of Artemisia absinthium, A. vulgaris, Chrysanthemum leucanthemum and Achillea millefolium using the Vibrio fischeri bacterial bioassay

Acta Botanica Hungarica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-144

  Kovats N ^a   Goloncser F ^a   Acs A ^a   Refaey, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antibacterial property; Asteraceae; Bioactivity; Ecotoxicity; Vibrio fischeri

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; ASTERACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSANTHEMUM; LEUCANTHEMUM VULGARE; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 77950121976     PISSN: 02366495     EISSN: 15882578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ABot.52.2010.1-2.e2     Document Type: Article

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