title: ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF BIOGENIC VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM TREE PLANTS
abstract: The article analyzes and summarizes scientific sources about the antimicrobial properties of phytoncides of common tree plants, the possibilities of rational use of them for preservation and improvement of human health and optimization of the microbial composition of the air environment. It has been discovered that the study of biogenic volatile organic compounds of plant origin has attracted the attention of many scholars of the last decades for the purpose of their wide use in various spheres 
journal: BIOLOGY & ECOLOGY