Variation in antibacterial activity, thymol and carvacrol contents of wild populations of Thymus daenensis subsp. daenensis Celak

Plant OMICS

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 209-214

  Ghasemi Pirbalouti, A ^a   Rahimmalek, M ^b   Malekpoor, F ^a   Karimi, A ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Thymol; Thymus daenensis subsp. daenensis; Wild population

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 80051972324     PISSN: 18360661     EISSN: 18363644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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