Antimicrobial properties of the essential oil of Juniperus communis (L.) growing wild in east part of Kosovo

American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 128-133

  Haziri, Arben ^a   Faiku, Fatmir ^a   Mehmeti, Arben ^a   Govori, Sevdije ^a   Abazi, Sokol ^b   Daci, Majlinda ^a   Haziri, Imer ^a   Bytyqi Damoni, Arlinda ^a   Mele, Altin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRI TINA   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Escherichia coli; Essential oil; Hafnia alvei; Juniperus communis (L.); Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

APHA CADINOL; EPI ALPHA BISABOLOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERMACRENE B; GERMACRENE D; HUMULENE; MYRCENE; PINENE; SESQUITERPENE; SPATHULENOL; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAFNIA ALVEI; JUNIPERUS; KOSOVO; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WILD PLANT; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84887294012     PISSN: 15574962     EISSN: 15574970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajptsp.2013.128.133     Document Type: Article

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