Seasonal variability of the antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Lippia alba

Lippia alba is a shrub of the Verbenaceae family, popularly known as lemon balm. It's essential oil is said to have broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity whose effectiveness varies according to its composition, which is influenced by both biotic and abiotic factors. The present study aimed to e...

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Main Authors: Terezinha Feitosa Machado, Rita de Cássia Alves Pereira, Valéria Chaves Vasconcelos Batista
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará
Series:Revista Ciência Agronômica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-66902014000300011&lng=en&tlng=en