Comparative Antimicrobial Activity of Essential oils of Cuminum cyminum L. and Foeniculum vulgare Mill. seeds against Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 617-622

  Bisht, Dinesh Singh ^a   Menon, K R K ^b   Singhal, Manish Kumar ^a  

^a Quality Evaluation Laboratory   (India)

^b Spices Board   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Cuminum cyminum L; Essential oil; Foeniculum vulgare Mill; GC MS; MIC

Indexed keywords

CUMINUM CYMINUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOENICULUM VULGARE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 84907261483     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2014.956675     Document Type: Article

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