Chemical composition and biological activities of Calamintha officinalis Moench essential oil

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 297-303

  Monforte, Maria Teresa ^a   Tzakou, Olga ^b   Nostro, Antonia ^a   Zimbalatti, Vincenzo ^a   Galati, Enza Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

antibacterial activity; anticonvulsant activity; Calamintha officinalis; carvone; sedative activity

Indexed keywords

1 OCTEN 3 OL; 3 OCTANOL; 5,5 DIMETHYL 1,3 CYCLOHEXANEDIONE; BETA ELEMENE; BETA PINENE; BICYCLOGERMACRENE; BORNEOL; BOURBONENE; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CARVONE; CINEOLE; COPAENE; DIAZEPAM; DIHYDROCARVEOL; EPIZONARENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERMACRENE A; LIMONENE; MYRCENE; OCIMENE; PARA CYMENE; PENTOBARBITAL; PINENE; PULEGONE; SABINENE; SABINENE HYDRATE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALAMINTHA OFFICINALIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARTEMIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DRUG SYNERGISM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LAMIACEAE; OILS, VOLATILE; PENTOBARBITAL; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; SEIZURES; SLEEP;

ARTEMIA SALINA; CALAMINTHA SYLVATICA ASCENDENS; POSIBACTERIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 79951999535     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2009.0191     Document Type: Article

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