Evaluation of in vitro antimicrobial activity of leaf and stem essential oils of Chloroxylon swietenia DC

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1909-1914

  Ravi Kiran, S ^a   Sita Devi, P ^b   Janardhan Reddy, K ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Chloroxylon swietenia; Essential oils; Sesquiterpenes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CANNING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRUG PRODUCTS PLANTS; FOOD PRESERVATION; FUNGI; HEALTH; POLYSACCHARIDES; VEGETABLE OILS;

AGAR DISC DIFFUSION; ANTI MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS (BS2); BUSINESS MEDIA; GC AND GC; GEIJERENE; GERMACRENE D; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HYDRODISTILLATION (HD); IN-VITRO; INHIBITION ZONES; LEAF OILS; METHYL EUGENOL; MICRODILUTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION (MIC); PATHOGENIC FUNGUS; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES; PREGEIJERENE; ZONE OF INHIBITION (ZOI);

ESSENTIAL OILS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHLOROXYLON SWIETENIA; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 48349098947     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-008-9693-7     Document Type: Article

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