Antimicrobial activity of Satureja hortensis L. Essential oil against pathogenic microbial strains

Archives of Biological Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 159-166

  Mihajilov Krstev, Tatjana ^a   Radnović, Dragan ^b   Kitić, Dušanka ^c   Stojanović Radić, Zorica ^a   Zlatković, Bojan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b Department of Biology and Ecology ^*  (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Essential oils; Satureja hortensis; Satureja L.

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955151595     PISSN: 03544664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/ABS1001159M     Document Type: Article

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