Antibacterial activity in vitro of Thymus capitatus from Jordan

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-251

  Qaralleh, Haitham N ^a   Abboud, Muayad M ^b   Khleifat, Khaled M ^b   Tarawneh, Khaled A ^b   Althunibat, Osama Y ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Essential oil; Soxhlet extraction; Thymus capitatus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DICHLOROMETHANE; ESSENTIAL OIL; HEXANE; PLANT EXTRACT; THYMUS CAPITATUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOSPERM; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; JORDAN; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; THYMUS CAPITATUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THYME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; JORDAN; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THYMUS PLANT;

EID: 68549104364     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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