Zataria multiflora: Chemical and biological diversity in the essential oil

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 428-436

  Kavoosi, Gholamreza ^a   Rabiei, Fatemeh ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

antibacterial; antioxidant; carvacrol; essential oil; thymol; Zataria multiflora

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPERGILLUS; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; DISEASES; DRUG PRODUCTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOLS; SALMONELLA;

ANTIBACTERIAL; CARVACROL; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA CELL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; THYMOL; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84940446697     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2015.1031917     Document Type: Article

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