Agro-ecological cultivation, secondary metabolite characteristics and microbiological tests of lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) – the variety Citronella
Journal: Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems
Year: 2019

Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.) is a native of the eastern Mediterranean region southward to Israel and Syria and eastward through the Crimea, the Caucasus, and Northern Iran to the Tien Shan and the Pamirs. It appears to have been naturalized in the Central Europe including the Carpathian Ukraine and Eastern Slovakia. The objective of this study was characterization of the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oils from Melissa officinalis L. variety Citronella in the