Inhibitory effect of the essential oil from Chamaecyparis obtusa on the growth of food-borne pathogens

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 496-501

  Park, Mi Jin ^a   Choi, Won Sil ^a   Kang, Ha Young ^a   Gwak, Ki Seob ^b   Lee, Geun Shik ^c   Jeung, Eui Bae ^c   Choi, In Gyu ^b  

^a Korea Forest Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

antibacterial activity; C. obtusa; essential oil; terpinen 4 ol

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; GROWTH INHIBITOR; TERPENE; TERPINENOL 4; TERPINENOL-4; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHAMAECYPARIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CHAMAECYPARIS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; TERPENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77956107600     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-010-9327-2     Document Type: Article

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