materials Review Update on Monoterpenes as Antimicrobial Agents: A Particular Focus on p-Cymene Anna Marchese 1, Carla Renata Arciola 2,3, Ramona Barbieri 1, Ana Sanches Silva 4,5, Seyed Fazel Nabavi 6, Arold Jorel Tsetegho Sokeng 7, Morteza Izadi 8, Nematollah Jonaidi Jafari 8, Ipek Suntar 9, Maria Daglia 7,* ID and Seyed Mohammad Nabavi 6,* 1 Sezione di Microbiologia DISC-IRCCS San Martino-IST University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy;
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[email protected] (S.M.N.); Tel./Fax: +98-21-88617712 (M.D.); +39-0382-987388 (S.M.N.) Received: 25 July 2017; Accepted: 11 August 2017; Published: 15 August 2017 Abstract: p-Cymene [1-methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)-benzene] is a monoterpene found in over 100 plant species used for medicine and food purposes.