Chemical composition and antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant activities of the flower oil of Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb from Tunisia

Natural Product Research

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 789-796

  Edziri, Hayet ^a   Mastouri, Maha ^b   Chéraif, Imed ^c,d   Aouni, Mahjoub ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Activity; Antibacterial; Antifungal; Antioxidant; Flower essential oil; GC MS; Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALPHA TERPINYL ACETATE; ALPHA THUJENE; ANTHRANILIC ACID METHYL ESTER; BETA PINENE; CAMPHENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CITRONELLAL; DECANAL; DELTA ELEMENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; HEXYL ACETATE; HUMULENE; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; NONANAL; OCIMENE; OCTANAL; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROPANOL; RETAMA RAETAM EXTRACT; SABINENE; TERPINENE; TERPINOLENE; TRIDECANAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISTILLATION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOWER; LEGUME; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETAMA RAETAM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TUNISIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CANDIDA; FABACEAE; FLOWERS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PICRATES; PLANT OILS;

RETAMA RAETAM;

EID: 77952282362     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786410802529190     Document Type: Article

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