Correlation of antimicrobial activities of various essential oils and their main aromatic volatile constituents

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 459-463

  Höferl, Martina ^a   Buchbauer, Gerhard ^a   Jirovetz, Leopold ^a   Schmidt, Erich ^b   Stoyanova, Albena ^c   Denkova, Zapriana ^c   Slavchev, Alexander ^c   Geissler, Margit ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Kurt Kitzing Co   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGIES   (Bulgaria)

^d Shimadzu Germany   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Carvacrol; Carveol; Cinnamomum zeylanicum; Essential oils; Eugenol; M cresol; O cresol; Olfactory description; Origanum vulgare; P cresol; P cymene; Pimenta dioica; Pimenta racemosa; Satureja hortensis; Syzygium aromaticum; Thymol; Thymus vulgaris; Trachyspermum ammi

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CARVACROL; CARVEOL; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; EUGENOL; M-CRESOL; O-CRESOL; OLFACTORY DESCRIPTION; ORIGANUM VULGARE; P-CRESOL; P-CYMENE; PIMENTA DIOICA; PIMENTA RACEMOSA; SATUREJA HORTENSIS; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM; THYMOL; THYMUS VULGARIS; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI;

ALGAE; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHENOLS; POLYSACCHARIDES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; YEAST;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

AMMI VISNAGA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE; PIMENTA DIOICA; PIMENTA RACEMOSA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA SP.; SATUREJA HORTENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM; THYMUS VULGARIS; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI;

EID: 70349661866     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2009.9700218     Document Type: Article

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