Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oil of Ballota pseudodictamnus L. Bentham

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 723-726

  Couladis, M ^a   Chinou, I B ^a   Tzakou, O ^a   Loukis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Ballota pseiidodictainnus (l.) bentham; Caryophyllene oxide; Essential oil

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARYOPHYLLENE; PHYTOL; SESQUITERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; BALLOTA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BALLOTA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT OILS; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 0036885755     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1043     Document Type: Article

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