Antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Cestrum diurnum (L.) (Solanales: Solanaceae)

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 371-374

  Bhattacharjee, I ^a   Ghosh, A ^a   Chandra, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Cestrum diurnum; Essential oil; Gram negative bacteria; Gram positive bacteria

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; STEARIC ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CESTRUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CESTRUM DIURNUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOLANACEAE; SOLANALES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 19544375761     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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