Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of the essential oil of Pinus caribaea from Nigeria

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2462-2464

  Oluwadayo Sonibare, O ^a   Olakunle, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

caryophyllene; phellandrene; Antibacterial; Essential oil; Pinaceae; Pinus caribbea

Indexed keywords

BETA PHELLANDRENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FRAGRANCE; PINENE; PINUS CARIBAEA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS AUREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISK DIFFUSION METHOD; DISTILLATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; FOODBORNE DISEASE; HYDRODISTILLATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NIGERIA; PINUS CARIBAEA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TYPHI; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA; PINACEAE; PINUS CARIBAEA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 48149106693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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