Antibacterial activity and composition of the essential oils of Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehn. and Myrtus communis L. growing in Northern Cyprus

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 531-535

  Akin, M ^a   Aktumsek, A ^a   Nostro, A ^b  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Essential oil composition; Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehn; Gas chromatography; Myrtaceae; Myrtus communis L.

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYCARVATANACETONE; ABSINTHOL; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETONE; CARVACROL; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINEOLE; CYCLOHEXANONE; ESSENTIAL OIL; ETHANONE; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS EXTRACT; EUCALYPTUS EXTRACT; GENTAMICIN; GUAIYL ACETATE; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; LINALOOLOXIDE; METICILLIN; MYRTUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; NEROL; NEROLIDOL; NORFLOXACIN; OXIDE; PARA CYMENE; PULEGONE; TERPINENE; TERPINENE 4 OL; TERPINEOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALENCENE;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRUS; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYRTLE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; MYRTACEAE; MYRTUS COMMUNIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 76649145450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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