Comparison of chemical compositions and antimicrobial activities of Essential oils from three conifer trees: Pinus densiflora, Cryptomeria japonica, and Chamaecyparis obtusa

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-396

  Lee, Jeong Ho ^a   Lee, Byung Kyu ^b   Kim, Jong Hee ^c   Lee, Sang Hee ^d   Hong, Soon Kwang ^d  

^a Korea Forest Seed and Variety Center   (South Korea)

^b Yuhan Corporation   (South Korea)

^c Department of Food Processing   (South Korea)

^d Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Chamaecyparis obtusa; Cryptomeria; Essential oil; Japonica; Pinus densiflora

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PSEUDOTROPICALIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONIFER; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; JAPANESE CEDAR; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PINUS DENSIFLORA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CONIFEROPHYTA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; YEASTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA GLABRATA; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CRYPTOMERIA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; JAPONICA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; NEGIBACTERIA; PINUS DENSIFLORA;

EID: 67649382201     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.0803.191     Document Type: Article

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