Antibacterial and Antifungal Activity of Essential Oils of Mentha suaveolens

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 727-731

  Oumzil, H ^a   Ghoulami, S ^a   Rhajaoui, M ^a,b,c   Ilidrissi, A ^a,b,c   Fkih Tetouani, S ^a,b   Paid, M ^a,b,c   Benjouad, A ^a,b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL D HYGIÈNE   (Morocco)

^c INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Essential oils; Fungi; Inhibition; Mentha suaveolens; Monoterpenoids

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PULEGONE; TERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FLOWERING; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MENTHA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYTOTHERAPY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FLOWERING TOPS; FUNGI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MENTHA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONOTERPENES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT OILS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0036886661     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1045     Document Type: Article

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