Composition and antibacterial activity of Abies balsamea essential oil

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 371-373

  Pichette, André ^a   Larouche, Pierre Luc ^a   Lebrun, Maxime ^a   Legault, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

humulene; pinene; caryophyllene; Abies balsamea; Antibacterial; Antimicrobial; Balsam fir; Essential oil; Monoterpene; Pinaceae; Sesquiterpene

Indexed keywords

3 CARENE; BETA PHELLANDRENE; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; BORNYL ACETATE; CAMPHENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; HUMULENE; LIMONENE; MYRCENE; PINENE; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPENE; TERPINEOL; TERPINOLENE;

ABIES; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ABIES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT OILS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PINACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33646474775     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1863     Document Type: Article

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