Influence of harvesting time on composition of the essential oil of Thymus capitatus (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link. growing wild in northern Sicily and its activity on microorganisms affecting historical art crafts

Arabian Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2019, Pages 2704-2712

  Casiglia, Simona ^a   Bruno, Maurizio ^a   Scandolera, Elia ^b   Senatore, Federica ^c   Senatore, Felice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibacterial and antifungal activities; Carvacrol; Essential oil; p Cymene; Thymus capitatus; Terpinene

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; DETERIORATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROORGANISMS; THYMUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-FUNGAL PROPERTIES; ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; CARVACROL; NATURAL ORGANIC MATERIALS; P-CYMENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TERPINENE;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

EID: 84930422058     PISSN: 18785352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2015.05.017     Document Type: Article

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