Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of origanum majorana L. Essential oil from the venezuelan andes

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 45-49

  Ramos, Sulymar ^a   Rojas, Luis B ^a   Lucena, Maria Eugenia ^a   Meccia, Gina ^a   Usubillaga, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Cis sabinene hydrate; Essential oil composition; Lamiaceae; Origanum majorana L; Terpinen 4 ol

Indexed keywords

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; CIS-SABINENE HYDRATE; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; LAINIACEAE; ORIGANUM MAJORANA; TERPINEN-4-OL;

BACTERIA; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; DISTILLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; HYDRATION; SILICA; SILICA GEL; SOFTWOODS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; ORIGANUM MAJORANA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 80053266764     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2011.9700481     Document Type: Article

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