Chemical composition, antibacterial and antifungal activity of the essential oil of Thymbra spicata L. from Turkey

Natural Product Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 572-579

  Ünlü, Mehmet ^a   Vardar Ünlü, Gülhan ^a   Vural, Nilüfer ^b   Dönmez, Erol ^a   Özbaş, Z Yeşm ^c  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antifungal activity; Essential oil; GC MS; Thymbra spicata

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARVACROL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLUCONAZOLE; PARA CYMENE; TERPINENE; 4-CYMENE; GAMMA-TERPINENE; TERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA SEELIGERI; LISTERIA WELSHIMERI; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THYMBRA SPICATA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); YEAST; ANGIOSPERM; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; THYMBRA SPICATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CANDIDA; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LAMIACEAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONOTERPENES; PLANT OILS; TURKEY;

EID: 67049107891     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786410802312316     Document Type: Article

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