Antifungal and anti-inflammatory potential of Lavandula stoechas and Thymus herba-barona essential oils

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-103

  Zuzarte, M ^a   Goncalves M J ^a   Cavaleiro, C ^a   Cruz, M T ^b   Benzarti, A ^c   Marongiu, B ^d   Maxia, A ^d   Piras, A ^d   Salgueiro, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Antifungal; Essential oil; Lavandula stoechas; Nutraceutical; Thymus herba barona

Indexed keywords

ANTI-FUNGAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES; LAVANDULA STOECHAS; NUTRACEUTICALS; THYMUS HERBA-BARONA;

CELL CULTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; FUNGI; MACROPHAGES; NITRIC OXIDE; OILS AND FATS; PHENOLS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESSENTIAL OIL; FLOWERING; FOOD; FUNGUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; POLLUTANT;

DRYOBALANOPS; FUNGI; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA STOECHAS; THYMUS HERBA-BARONA;

EID: 84870480491     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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