Chemical composition and antimicrobial activities of the essential oils of teucrium orientale var. Orientale and teucrium orientale var. Puberulens

Abstract

Finding healing power in plants is a traditional and ancient concept. However, since the advent of potent synthetic antibiotics in the 1950s, the use of plant derivatives as antimicrobials has diminished. In recent years the essential oils and extracts of many plant species have become popular, and attempts to characterize their bioactive principles have gained momentum in many pharmaceutical and food-processing applications