Composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Thymus fontanesii

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 607-612

  Dob, T ^a,b,d   Dahmane, D ^a   Benabdelkader, T ^a,c   Chelghoum, C ^b  

^a Ecole Normale Superieure de Kouba   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOUMERDES   (Algeria)

^d Ministere de l'Enseignement Superieure et de la Recerche Scientifique   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Essential oil composition; Lamiaceae; MIC; p cymene; Thymol; Thymol methyl ether; Thymus fontanesii; terpinene

Indexed keywords

1 OCTEN 3 OL; 3 CARENE; 3 OCTANONE; 4 CYMEN 8 OL; 4 CYMENE; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ALPHA THUJENE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA PHELLANDRENE; BORNEOL; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CARVACROL METHYL ETHER; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; PINENE; SABINENE; TERPENE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; TERPINOLENE; THYMOL; THYMOL METHYL ETHER; TRICYCLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANGIOSPERM; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DISTILLATION; DRUG ISOLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUCOR; MUCOR RAMANIAMUS; NONHUMAN; THYMUS FONTANESII;

LAMIACEAE; MUCOR; NEGIBACTERIA; THYMUS FONTANESII;

EID: 33750895479     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200600897106     Document Type: Article

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