Chemical composition, radical scavenging and antimicrobial activity of the essential oils of Thymus boveii and Thymus hyemalis

Records of Natural Products

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 208-220

  Tepe, Bektas ^a   Sarikurkcu, Cengiz ^b   Berk, Seyda ^a   Alim, Ahmet ^c   Akpulat, H Askin ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Public Health Laboratory   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; GC MS; Thymus boveii; Thymus hyemalis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BUTYLCRESOL; CARVACROL; CEFOPERAZONE; EDETIC ACID; ESSENTIAL OIL; HYDROCARBON; NETILMICIN; OFLOXACIN; PARA CYMENE; PHENOL; QUERCETIN; SCAVENGER; SULBACTAM; THYMOL; THYMUS BOVEII OIL; THYMUS HYEMALIS OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; THYME; THYMUS BOVEII; THYMUS HYEMALIS;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; THYMUS HYEMALIS;

EID: 79953086358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13076167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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