Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oil of Tarchonanthus camphoratus

Food Chemistry

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1183-1187

  Matasyoh, Josphat C ^a   Kiplimo, Joyce J ^a   Karubiu, Nicholas M ^a   Hailstorks, Tiffany P ^b  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1,8 Cineole; Antifungal activity; Antimicrobial activity; Asteraceae; Fenchol; MIC; Tarchonanthus camphoratus; Terpineol

Indexed keywords

CAMPHENE; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FENCHOL; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; TARCHONANTHUS CAMPHORATUS EXTRACT; TERPENE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINEOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTILLATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TARCHONANTHUS CAMPHORATUS;

ASTERACEAE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TARCHONANTHUS CAMPHORATUS;

EID: 33748762740     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2006.03.021     Document Type: Article

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