Antiviral and antimicrobial activity of Thymus transcaspicus essential oil

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 1190-1199

  Behravan, Javad ^a   Ramezani, Mohammad ^a   Nobandegani, Elham Fani ^a   Gharaee, Melika Ehtesham ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Antiviral; Essential oil; Microdilution method; Plaque reduction assay; Thymus transcaspicus

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; ESSENTIAL OIL; PARA CYMENE; TERPINENE; THYMOL;

ANGIOSPERM; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIOPHAGE; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDRODISTILLATION; IC 50; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THYMUS TRANSCASPICUS; VIRUS TITRATION;

EID: 79957524582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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