The Influence of Chemical Composition of Commercial Lemon Essential Oils on the Growth of Candida Strains

Mycopathologia

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 29-39

  Bialon M ^a   Krzysko Lupicka T ^a   Koszalkowska M ^a   Wieczorek, P P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Candida albicans; GCMS; Lemon essential oils

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; LEMON OIL; TERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS;

EID: 84893812884     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-013-9723-3     Document Type: Article

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