Antibacterial and antifungal activities of thymol: A brief review of the literature

Food Chemistry

Volumn 210, Issue , 2016, Pages 402-414

  Marchese, Anna ^a   Orhan, Ilkay Erdogan ^b   Daglia, Maria ^c   Barbieri, Ramona ^a   Di Lorenzo, Arianna ^c   Nabavi, Seyed Fazel ^d   Gortzi, Olga ^e   Izadi, Morteza ^d   Nabavi, Seyed Mohammad ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Monoterpene; Thymol; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETICS; ESSENTIAL OILS; FUNGI; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MONOTERPENES; OILS AND FATS; THYMUS;

ANTI-FUNGAL; ANTI-FUNGAL PROPERTIES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES; ANTIBACTERIAL; ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; MONOTERPENE; MOSQUITO REPELLENTS; THYMOL;

PHENOLS;

FLAVORING AGENT; INSECT REPELLENT; PRESERVATIVE; THYMOL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AROMATHERAPY; DIARRHEA; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEADACHE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; THYMOL;

EID: 84965006749     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.04.111     Document Type: Review

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