Antibacterial properties of essential oils and methanol extracts of sweet basil Ocimum basilicum occurring in Bangladesh

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 504-511

  Hossain, M Amzad ^a   Kabir, M J ^a   Salehuddin, S M ^a   Rahman, S M Mizanur ^b   Das, A K ^b   Singha, Sandip Kumar ^b   Alam, Md Khorshed ^c   Rahman, Atiqur ^d  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY CENTER   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND RADIATION BIOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^d Daegu University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Essential oils; Food borne pathogens; GC MS; Methanol extracts; Methyl chavicol; Ocimum basilicum L.

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; METHANOL; OCIMUM BASILICUM EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BANGLADESH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD SPOILAGE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO MIMICUS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS; BANGLADESH; METHANOL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OCIMUM BASILICUM; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAMIACEAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; OCIMUM BASILICUM; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 77951849951     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880200903190977     Document Type: Article

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