Antibacterial effect of essential vegetal extracts on Staphylococcus aureus compared to antibiotics

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-123

  Fit, Iosif Nicodim ^a   Rapuntean, Gheorghe ^a   Rapuntean, Sorin ^a   Chirila, Flore ^a   Nadas, George Cosmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Antibacterial effect; Antibiotics; Essential vegetal extracts; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ALOE; ALOE VERA; ANIMALIA; CALENDULA OFFICINALIS; COCOS NUCIFERA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; MENTHA X PIPERITA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SATUREJA HORTENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77951887428     PISSN: 0255965X     EISSN: 18424309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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