Phytochemical and antimicrobial studies on essential oils of some aromatic plants

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 28, 2010, Pages 4364-4368

  Pandey, R R ^a   Dubey, R C ^b   Saini, S ^b  

^a MANIPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GURUKUL KANGRI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Aromatic plants; Essential oils; Phytochemical analysis

Indexed keywords

5,5 DIMETHYL 1,3 CYCLOHEXANEDIONE; ALPHA THUSENOL; CARVONE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CHAVICOL; CINEOLE; CITRUS FRUIT EXTRACT; CITRUS OIL; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS OIL; EUGENOL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MENTHOL; MENTHOL ACETATE; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PARA CYMENE; PEPPERMINT OIL; PINENEDIOL; TERPINEOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERBENONE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT HUSK; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS MAXIMA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; FUNGI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MENTHA ARVENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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