Obtaining, characterisationand screening of the antifungalactivity of the volatile oil extracted from thymus serpyllum

Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4 A, 2011, Pages 2294-2302

  Georgescu, C ^a   Mironescu, M ^a  

^a Ludan Blaga University OfSibiu   (Romania)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; GC MS; Mould; Thymus serpyllum; Volatile oil

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESSENTIAL OIL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERMINATION; INHIBITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPORE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ALTERNARIA; AUREOBASIDIUM; AUREOBASIDIUM SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM SP.; THYMUS SERPYLLUM;

EID: 84860126540     PISSN: 13115065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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