Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of essential oil of myrtus communis l. growing wild in Italy and Turkey

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 162-169

  Senatore, Felice ^a   Formisano, Carmen ^a   Napolitano, Francesco ^a   Rigano, Daniela ^a   Özcan, Musa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

1,8 cineole; Antibacterial activity; Essential oil; Linalool; Linalyl acetate; Myrtus communis L

Indexed keywords

EID: 79151484447     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2006.10643489     Document Type: Article

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