Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of the essential oil of Schinus molle L. grown in Algeria

International Journal of Essential Oil Therapeutics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 175-177

  Belhamel, K ^a   Abderrahim, A ^a   Ludwig, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEJAIA   (Algeria)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibacterial evaluation; Chemical composition; Essential oil; GC MS; Hydrodistillation; Schinus molle L.

Indexed keywords

1 OCTEN 3 OL; 3 OCTANOL; ALPHA CADINOL; ALPHA CAMPHOLENAL; ALPHA EUDESMOL; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ALPHA THUJENE; BETA ELEMENE; BETA EUDESMOL; BETA PHELLANDRENE; BORNEOL; BORNYL ACETATE; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; ELEMOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; NEROL; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; SABINENE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINEOL; TERPINOLENE; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WATER;

ALGERIA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTILLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SCHINUS MOLLE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 77649264867     PISSN: 19614209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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