Antimicrobial and antioxidative activity of extracts and essential oils of Myrtus communis L.

Microbiological Research

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 240-254

  Aleksic, Verica ^a   Knezevic, Petar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidative activity; Essential oils; Myrtus communis L.; Plant extracts

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDATIVE ACTIVITY; CHEMISTRY; ESSENTIAL OILS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MYRTLE; MYRTUS COMMUNIS L.; REVIEW;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDATIVE ACTIVITY; ESSENTIAL OILS; MYRTUS COMMUNIS L.; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; MYRTUS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84894330463     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2013.10.003     Document Type: Review

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