Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the Thymus algeriensis Boiss. & Reut. and Thymus ciliatus (Desf.) Benth. essential oils of Morocco;Composition chimique et activité antimicrobienne des huiles essentielles de Thymus algeriensis Boiss. & Reut. et Thymus ciliatus (Desf.) Benth. du Maroc

Biotechnology, Agronomy, Society and Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 141-148

  Amarti, Fatiha ^a,b   Satrani, Badr ^a   Ghanmi, Mohamed ^a   Farah, Abdellah ^c   Aafi, Abderrahman ^a   Aarab, Lotfi ^d   Ajjouri, Mustapha El ^a,b   Chaouch, Abdelaziz ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche forestière   (Morocco)

^b IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c Institut National des Plantes Médicinales et Aromatiques   (Morocco)

^d SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Chemical composition; Essential oils; Thymus algeriensis; Thymus ciliatus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DRYOBALANOPS; FUNGI;

EID: 77950289075     PISSN: 13706233     EISSN: 17804507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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