Antimicrobial Activities Effects of the Essential Oil of Spice Food Myrtus communis Leaves vr. Italica

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1361-1366

  Mhamdi, Baya ^a   Abbassi, Feten ^b   Marzouki, Lamjed ^a  

^a University of Jendouba   (Tunisia)

^b University of Monastir   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

antimicrobial activity; essential oil; GC MS; leaves; Myrtus communis

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYRTACEAE; MYRTUS COMMUNIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 84923340631     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2014.961040     Document Type: Article

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