Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of mentha pulegium l

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 208-213

  Morteza Semnani, K ^a   Saeedi, M ^a   Akbarzadeh, Mohammad ^b  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Research Center of Agriculture and Natural Resources of Mazandaran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Essential oil composition; Lamiaceae; Mentha pulegium; Menthone; Pulegone

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MENTHA PULEGIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79959480321     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2011.10643923     Document Type: Article

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