Antimicrobial activity of sesquiterpenes from the essential oil of Juniperus thurifera wood

Planta Medica

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-71

  Barrero, Alejandro F ^a   Quílez Del Moral, José F ^a   Lara, Armando ^a   Herrador, M Mar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antifungal activity; Cedranes; Cupressaceae; Essential oil composition; Juniperus thurifera

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CEDREN 12 OL; ALPHA CEDREN 3BETA OL; ESSENTIAL OIL; JUNIPERUS THURIFERA EXTRACT; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS THURIFERA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WOOD; YEAST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; JUNIPERUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT OILS; SESQUITERPENES; YEASTS;

EID: 13544276909     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-837753     Document Type: Article

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