Essential oil composition of Cymbopogon winterianus and Carum carvi and their antimicrobial activities

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 437-441

  Simic, A ^a,c   Rancic A ^a   Sokovic, M D ^b   Ristic, M ^a   Grujic Jovanovic, S ^a   Vukojevic, J ^a   Marin, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Institute for Medicinal Plant Reasearch Dr Josif Pancic   (Serbia)

^c Botanical Garden Jevremovac   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Carum carvi; Cymbopogon winterianus; Essential oil

Indexed keywords

4 MENTHA 2,8 DIENE 1 OL; BETA ELEMENE; BIFONAZOLE; CAMPHOR; CARUM CARVI EXTRACT; CARVEOL; CARVONE; CITRAL; CITRONELLAL; CITRONELLYL ACETATE; CYMBOPOGON WINTERIANUS EXTRACT; DELTA CADINENE; DIHYDROCARVEOL; DIHYDROCARVONE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; GAMMA CADINENE; GERANIOL; GERMACRENE D; ISODIHYDROCARVEOL; ISOPULEGOL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; NERIL ACETATE; PARA CYMENE; PLANT EXTRACT; SAFROLE; STREPTOMYCIN; TERPINEOL; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARAWAY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYMBOPOGON WINTERIANUS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM FUNGICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; APIACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARUM CARVI; CITRONELLA; CYMBOPOGON NARDUS; CYMBOPOGON WINTERIANUS; FUNGI; POACEAE;

EID: 45849118373     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200802055917     Document Type: Article

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