Bioactivities of black cumin essential oil and its main terpenes from Tunisia

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 210-216

  Bourgou, S ^a   Pichette, A ^b   Marzouk, B ^a   Legault, J ^b  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Antibacterial; Anticancer; Antioxidant; Essential oil; Nigella sativa L.; Terpenes

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT; BACTERIUM; BIOACTIVITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG; ESSENTIAL OIL; EXCRETION; HERB; OXIDATION; TERPENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NIGELLA SATIVA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77950859405     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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