Chemical composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of basil (Ocimum basilicum) essential oils depends on seasonal variations

Food Chemistry

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 986-995

  Hussain, Abdullah Ijaz ^a   Anwar, Farooq ^a   Hussain Sherazi, Syed Tufail ^b   Przybylski, Roman ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Aspergillus niger; GC MS; IC50; Linalool; Seasonal variation; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALPHA BERGAMOTENE; BETA CAROTENE; EPI ALPHA CADINOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAMMA CADINENE; HYDROCARBON; LINALOOL; LINOLEIC ACID; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; AUTUMN; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BASIL; BOTRYODIPLODIA THEOBROMAE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUSARIUM SOLANI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUCOR; MUCOR MUCEDO; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS SOLANI; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUMMER; WINTER;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOTRYODIPLODIA THEOBROMAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; FUSARIUM SOLANI; MUCOR MUCEDO; OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; RHIZOPUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 39149134896     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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