Antibacterial activity of essential oils from Psidium and Pilocarpus species of plants

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-69

  Santos, F A ^a   Cunha, G M A ^a   Viana, G S B ^a   Rao, V S N ^a   Manoel, A N ^a   Silveira, E R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

antibacterial activity; essential oils; Pilocarpus species; Psidium species

Indexed keywords

2 TRIDECANONE; 2 UNDECANONE; AMPICILLIN; BETA EUDESMOL; BETA PINENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINEOLE; ELEMOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAMMA EUDESMOL; GLOBULOL; HUMULENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; NEROLIDOL; OCIMENOL; PARA CYMENE; PILOCARPUS EXTRACT; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; PSIDIUM EXTRACT; SPATHULENOL; TERPENYL ACETATE; TORREIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

PILOCARPUS; PSIDIUM;

EID: 0031050095     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199702)11:1<67::AID-PTR29>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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