Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of the essential oils from the medicinal plant Mentha cervina L. grown in Portugal

Medicinal Chemistry Research

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3485-3490

  Rodrigues, Leandra ^a   Duarte, Aida ^b   Figueiredo, Ana Cristina ^c   Brito, Luísa ^a   Teixeira, Generosa ^b   Moldão, Margarida ^d   Monteiro, Ana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Essential oils; GC; GC MS; Lamiaceae; MIC; Monoterpenes

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; ISOMENTHONE; LIMONENE; MENTHA CERVINA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PULEGONE; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; DRUG MIXTURE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA CERVINA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84871419663     PISSN: 10542523     EISSN: 15548120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00044-011-9858-z     Document Type: Article

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