Comparison of antibacterial activity of natural and hydroformylated essential oil of Thymus capitatus growing wild in North Sardinia with commercial thymus essential oils

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1985-1989

  Usai, Marianna ^a   Foddai, Marzia ^a   Sechi, Barbara ^b   Juliano, Claudia ^a   Marchetti, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Carvacrol; Essential oil; Hydroformylation; Thymus capitatus

Indexed keywords

1 OCTEN 3 OL; 1-8 CINEOLE; 3 CARENE; 3 OCTANOL; 3 OCTANONE; 4 CARENE; ALDEHYDE; ALPHA OCIMENE; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ALPHA THUJENE; BETA PHELLANDRENE; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; CAMPHENE; CARVACROL; DELTA CARENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EXO FENCHOL; HEPTANOL; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; OIL; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; SABINENE HYDRATE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPINENE; TERPINOLENE; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; AROMA; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROFORMYLATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; THYMUS CAPITATUS;

THYMUS CAPITATUS;

EID: 78751492074     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1000501233     Document Type: Article

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