GC-MS analysis of Nigella sativa seeds and antimicrobial activity of its volatile oil

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1189-1192

  Gerige, Saptha Jyothi ^a   Gerige, Mahesh Kumar Yadav ^a   Rao, Muralidhara ^a   Ramanjaneyulu, ^a  

^a SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Antimicrobial activity; Nigella sativa; Volatile oil

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; FUNGI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; KLEBSIELLA; NEGIBACTERIA; NIGELLA SATIVA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS VULGARIS; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 77953354595     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132009000500016     Document Type: Article

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