Chemical Profile, Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activity of Thyme and Oregano Essential Oils, Thymol and Carvacrol and Their Possible Synergism

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1013-1021

  Gavaric, Neda ^a   Mozina, Sonja Smole ^b   Kladar, Nebojša ^a   Bozin, Biljana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

antibacterial activity; antibacterial synergism; antioxidant activity; carvacrol; essential oils; oregano; Thyme; thymol

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940904092     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2014.971069     Document Type: Article

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