Chemical Composition of Essential Oils of Iranian Pimpinella anisum L. and Foeniculum vulgare Miller and their Antifungal Activity Against Postharvest Pathogens

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 514-522

  Sharifi, Rouhallah ^a   Kiani, Hossein ^a   Farzaneh, Mohsen ^a   Ahmadzadeh, Masoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; E anethol; Essential oil; Foeniculum vulgare; Pimpinella anisum

Indexed keywords

FOENICULUM VULGARE; FUNGI; MYRRHIS ODORATA; PIMPINELLA ANISUM; RHIZOPUS;

EID: 77953417428     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2008.10643660     Document Type: Article

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