Composition and antibacterial activity of essential oil from Felicia muricata thunb. Leaves

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 784-788

  Ashafa, A O T ^a   Grierson, D S ^a   Afolayan, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antibiotic drug; Felicia muricata; Hydrodistillation; Microdilution; Nosocomial; Polyacetylenic

Indexed keywords

1,4 CYCLOHEXADIENE; 9 OCTADECANOIC ACID; ALPHA CADINOL; ALPHA TERPINOLENE; BETA FARNESENE; BETA PINENE; BICYCLOGERMACRENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CIS 3 HEXENOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; FARNESOL; FELICIA MURICATA EXTRACT; GERANYL PROPIONATE; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; METHYLEUGENOL; MYRCENE; OCIMENE; PALMITIC ACID; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; SABINENE; STREPTOMYCIN; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; TERPINOLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BROTH DILUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; FELICIA MURICATA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELICIA MURICATA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 59249103930     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2008.784.788     Document Type: Article

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