Antimicrobial activities of essential oils obtained from fresh and dried leaves of ocimum sanctum (L.) against enteric bacteria and yeast

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 756, Issue , 2007, Pages 267-269

  Mondal, S ^a   Mahapatra, S C ^a   Mirdha, B R ^a   Naik, S N ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Aseptically; Disc Diffusion; Eugenol; Microorganisms; Tulasi

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OCIMUM; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA SP.;

EID: 70449392836     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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