Recent developments in the bioactivity of mono- and diterpenes: anticancer and antimicrobial activity

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Greay, Sara J ^a   Hammer, Katherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antitumour; Cytotoxicity; Essential oil; Tea tree oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955838396     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-011-9212-6     Document Type: Review

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