Eucalyptus (gracilis, oleosa, salubris, and salmonophloia) essential oils: Their chemical composition and antioxidant and antimicrobial activities

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1005-1012

  Ben Marzoug, Hajer Naceur ^a,b   Bouajila, Jalloul ^c   Ennajar, Monia ^b   Lebrihi, Ahmed ^d   Mathieu, Florence ^d   Couderc, François ^c   Abderraba, Manef ^a   Romdhane, Mehrez ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

^c Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

1,1 diphenyl 2 picrylhydrazyl; 2,2 azinobis 3 ethylbenzothiazoline 6 sulfonate; antimicrobial activity; antioxidant activity; essential oil; Eucalyptus gracilis F. Muell.; Eucalyptus oleosa F. Muell. ex Miq.; Eucalyptus salmonophloia F. Muell.; Eucalyptus salubris F. Muell. ssp. salubris; gas chromatography mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; BORNEOL; CAMPHOR; CARVACROL; CUMINALDEHYDE; ELEMOL; EQUILENIN; EUCALYPTUS OIL; PULEGONE; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE; VERBENONE; VIRIDIFLOROL;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRACILIS; EUCALYPTUS OLEOSA; EUCALYPTUS SALMONOPHLOIA; EUCALYPTUS SALUBRIS; FUNGUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YEAST;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; EUCALYPTUS; FUNGI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRACILIS; EUCALYPTUS OLEOSA; EUCALYPTUS SALMONOPHLOIA; EUCALYPTUS SALUBRIS; EUGLENA GRACILIS; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77955220280     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2009.0153     Document Type: Article

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