Chemical composition, antibacterial and fungicidal activities of leaf oil of plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng.

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-185

  Da Costa, José G M ^a   Pereira, Carla K B ^a   Rodrigues, Fabíola F G ^a   De Lima, Sidney G ^b  

^a Universidade Regional do Cariri Crato   (Iran)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Essential oil composition; Lamiaceae; P cymene; Plectranthus amboinicus; Thymol; terpinene

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; FUNGICIDES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHENOLS;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; LAMIACEAE; P-CYMENE; PLECTRANTHUS AMBOINICUS; TERPINENE; THYMOL;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PLECTRANTHUS; PLECTRANTHUS AMBOINICUS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77950422755     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2010.9700298     Document Type: Article

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