Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of three Turkish Thyme Essential Oils

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 661-671

  Küçükbay, F Zehra ^a   Kuyumcu, Ebru ^a   Çelen, Selma ^a   Azaz, Ayse Dilek ^a   Arabaci, Turan ^a   Yildiz, Bayram ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

antioxidant activity; carvacrol antimicrobial activity; chemical composition; GC FID; GC MS; geraniol; geranyl acetate; Thymus kotschyanus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889653756     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2013.854498     Document Type: Article

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