Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of oregano (Lippia palmeri S. WATS) essential oil

Revista Fitotecnia Mexicana

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-17

  Ortega Nieblas, Ma Magdalena ^a   Robles Burgueño, Ma Refugio ^b   Acedo Félix, Evelia ^b   González León, Alberto ^b   Morales Trejo, Adriana ^c   Vázquez Moreno, Luz ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Essential oil composition; Lippia palmeri; Oregano Verbenaceae

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPPIA; NEGIBACTERIA; ORIGANUM; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 79957553364     PISSN: 01877380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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