Antifungal activity of the essential oil of Thymus capitellatus against Candida, Aspergillus and dermatophyte strains

Flavour and Fragrance Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 749-753

  Salgueiro, Lígia Ribeiro ^a   Pinto, Eugénia ^b   Gonçalves, Maria José ^a   Costa, Inês ^a   Palmeira, Ana ^b   Cavaleiro, Carlos ^a   Pina Vaz, Cidália ^c   Gonçalves Rodrigues, Acácio ^c   Martinez de Oliveira, José ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Essential oil composition; Lamiaceae; Thymus capitellatus

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; FUNGI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OILS AND FATS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ASPERGILLUS STRAINS; DERMATOPHYTE STRAINS; LAMIACEAE; THYMUS CAPITELLATUS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BETA ELEMENE; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; BORNYL ACETATE; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CARVEOL; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAMMA CADINENE; GERANIOL; GERMACRENE D; HUMULENE; INTERMEDEOL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; NEROL; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; SABINENE; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; TERPINOLENE; THYMUS CAPITELLATUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERBENONE;

ANGIOSPERM; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; DISTILLATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG SCREENING; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LC 50; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; THYMUS CAPITELLATUS;

ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; FUNGI; LAMIACEAE; THYMUS (THYME);

EID: 33748472380     PISSN: 08825734     EISSN: 10991026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ffj.1610     Document Type: Article

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