Chemical composition and antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of essential oil of Allium sphaerocephalon L. subsp. sphaerocephalon (Liliaceae) inflorescences

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 322-329

  Lazarević, Jelena S ^a   Dordević, Aleksandra S ^a   Zlatković, Bojan K ^a   Radulović, Niko S ^a   Palić, Radosav M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Allium sphaerocephalon subsp. sphaerocephalon (Liliaceae); Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Essential oil; GC; GC MS; Inflorescences

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ESSENTIAL OIL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GARLIC; INFLORESCENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

ALLIUM; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; INFLORESCENCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ALLIUM SPHAEROCEPHALON; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LILIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 78650207366     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4189     Document Type: Article

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