Antimicrobial activity of carvacrol related to its chemical structure

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-154

  Ben Arfa, A ^a   Combes, S ^b   Preziosi Belloy, L ^c   Gontard, N ^a   Chalier, P ^a  

^a UMR IATE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Carvacrol; Carvacrol methyl ether; Carvacryl acetate; Hydrophobicity; Hydroxyl group

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESSENTIAL OILS; ETHERS; ODORS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); YEAST;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AROMA COMPOUNDS; CARVACROL; CARVACROL METHYL ETHER; CARVACRYL ACETATE; FREE HYDROXYL GROUPS; HYDROXYL GROUPS; METHYL ETHERS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SYNTHESISED;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARVACROL; CARVACROL METHYL ETHER; CARVACRYL ACETATE; EUGENOL; FLAVORING AGENT; HYDROXYL GROUP; MENTHOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOLS; BACTERIA; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION EXCHANGE; PROTONS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); YEAST;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BACTERIUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYDROXYL RADICAL;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; NONHUMAN; PROTON TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YEAST;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33745882992     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.01938.x     Document Type: Article

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