Composition and antimicrobial activity of Achillea distans essential oil

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 905-906

  Konakchiev, Angel ^a   Todorova, Milka ^a   Mikhova, Bozhanka ^a   Vitkova, Antonina ^a   Najdenski, Hristo ^a  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Achillea distans; Antibacterial activity; Antifungal activity; Essential oil

Indexed keywords

4 MENTH 2 EN 1 OL; ABSINTHOL; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ALPHA THUJENE; BETA PINENE; BETA THUYONE; BORNEOL; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CHRYSANTHENONE; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; PINOCARVONE; SABINENE; TERPINEN 1 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINOLENE; TRICYCLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA DISTANS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOWER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS VULGARIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACHILLEA DISTANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRYOBALANOPS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEUS VULGARIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79959190521     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1100600635     Document Type: Article

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