Growth, essential oil characterization, and antimicrobial activity of three wild biotypes of oregano under cultivation condition in Southern Italy

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 242-249

  De Falco, Enrica ^a   Roscigno, Graziana ^a   Landolfi, Sergio ^b   Scandolera, Elia ^b   Senatore, Felice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Essential oil composition; Growth; Origanum vulgare ssp.; Wild oregano strains

Indexed keywords

GROWTH (MATERIALS); MICROORGANISMS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PHENOLS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CULTIVATION CONDITIONS; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; ESSENTIAL OIL YIELDS; OIL CHARACTERIZATIONS; ORIGANUM VULGARE;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ABSORPTION; BIOTYPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CROPPING PRACTICE; CULTIVATION; DISTILLATION; ESSENTIAL OIL; GROWTH RATE; HERB;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY;

ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE;

EID: 84907179985     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.08.037     Document Type: Article

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