Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oils of moroccan Thymus capitatus and Thymus bleicherianus;Composition chimique et activité antimicrobienne des huiles essentielles de Thymus capitatus et de Thymus bleicherianus du Maroc

Phytotherapie

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 342-347

  Amarti, F ^a,d   Satrani, B ^a   Aafi, A ^a   Ghanmi, M ^a   Farah, A ^c   Aberchane, M ^a   El Ajjouri, M ^a,b   El Antry, S ^a   Chaouch, A ^d  

^a Centre de Recherche Forestiere   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c Institut National des Plantes Médicinales et Aromatiques   (Morocco)

^d IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Chemical composition; Essential oil; Thymus bleicherianus; Thymus capitatus

Indexed keywords

3 CARENE; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ALPHA THUJENE; CAMPHENE; CARVACROL; CARYOPHYLLENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MENTHONE; MYRCENE; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; SABINENE; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; TERPINOLENE; THYMOL; THYMUS BLEICHERIANUS EXTRACT; THYMUS CAPITATUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THYMUS BLEICHERIANUS; THYMUS CAPITATUS;

EID: 58449084094     PISSN: 16248597     EISSN: 17652847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10298-008-0346-7     Document Type: Article

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