Chemical composition, antibacterial and antimutagenic activities of essential oil from (tunisian) cyperus rotundus

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 695-700

  Kilani, Soumaya ^a   Abdelwahed, Afef ^a   Ben Ammar, Ribai ^a   Hayder, Nawel ^a   Ghedira, Kamel ^a   Chraief, Imed ^b   Hammami, Mohamed ^b   Chekir Ghedira, Leila ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Ames test; Antibacterial activity; Antimutagenicity; Cyperaceae; Cyperus rotundus; Essential oil composition; Mutagenicity; SOS chromotest

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTAGENESIS;

AMES TEST; CYPERACEAE; MUTAGENICITY; SOS CHROMOTEST;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

CYPERACEAE; CYPERUS; CYPERUS ROTUNDUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 24944514190     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2005.9699035     Document Type: Article

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