Chemical composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of essential oils of Thymys zygis of Morocco;Composition chimique, activité antimicrobiennne et antioxydante de l'huile essentielle de Thymus zygis du Maroc

Phytotherapie

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 149-157

  Amarti, F ^a,b   El Ajjouri, M ^a,c   Ghanmi, M ^a   Satrani, B ^a   Aafi, A ^a   Farah, A ^d   Khia, A ^a,b   Guedira, A ^a   Rahouti, M ^c   Chaouch, A ^b  

^a Centre de Recherche Forestiere   (Morocco)

^b IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^d Institut National des Plantes Médicinales et Aromatiques   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Chemical composition; Essential oils; Thymus zygis

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; CARVACROL; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; LINALOOL; PARA CYMENE; THYME OIL; THYMOL;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; IC 50; MOROCCO; THYME; THYMYS ZYGIS;

EID: 80052700210     PISSN: 16248597     EISSN: 17652847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10298-011-0625-6     Document Type: Article

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