Antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of the essential oil and methanol extract of Nepeta cataria

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-76

  Adiguzel, Ahmet ^a   Ozer, Hakan ^a   Sokmen, Munevver ^b   Gulluce, Medine ^a   Sokmen, Atalay ^b   Kilic, Hamdullah ^a   Sahin, Fikrettin ^c   Baris, Ozlem ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Essential oil; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC MS); Methanol extract; Nepeta cataria

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 4AALPHA,7ALPHA,7ABETA NEPETALACTONE; BETA CAROTENE; BETA PINENE; CAMPHOR; CARVACROL; CARYOPHYLLENE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; LIMONENE; LINOLEIC ACID; MYRCENE; PINOCAMPHONE; PINOCARVONE; PIPERITENONE; PIPERITENONE OXIDE; PIPERITONE; PLANT EXTRACT; PULEGONE; SPATHULENOL; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINEOL; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATNIP; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEPETA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CYCLOPENTANES; FUNGI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LINOLEIC ACID; METHANOL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEPETA; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; PYRONES;

FUNGI; LAMIACEAE; NEPETA CATARIA;

EID: 66649120771     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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