Antimicrobial characteristics of some herbal oils on Pseudomonas aeruginosa with special reference to their chemical compositions

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-114

  Owlia, Parviz ^a   Saderi, Horieh ^a   Rasooli, Iraj ^a   Sefidkon, Fatemeh ^b  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTS AND RANGELANDS   (Iran)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus camaldulensis; Myrtus communis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Zataria multiflora

Indexed keywords

3 CARENE; ALPHA CAMPHOLENAL; ALPHA TERPINYL ACETATE; ALPHA THUJENE; CARVACROL; CARVEOLE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINEOLE; DELTA TERPINEOLE; DODECANE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERANIOL; HUMULENE; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; LINALYL ACETATE; METHYL EUGENOL; METHYL GERANATE; MYRCENE; MYRCENOL; NERYL ACETATE; OCIMENE; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; PINOCARVEOLE; SABINENE; SPATHULENOL; TERPINENE; TERPINOLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA PERSICA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DISK DIFFUSION; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; FERULA GUMMOSA; HERBAL MEDICINE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MATRICARIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYRTLE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RUTA GRAVEOLENS; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA;

EID: 67651180686     PISSN: 17350328     EISSN: 17266890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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