Essential oil composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of unexplored Omani basil

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 751-757

  Hanif, Muhammad Asif ^a   Al Maskari, Masoud Yahya ^a   Al Maskari, Awatif ^a   Al Shukaili, Ahmed ^a   Al Maskari, Ahmed Yahya ^a   Al Sabahi, Jamal Nasser ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antioxidant; Essential oil; Gc ms; Omani basil

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BERGAMOTENE; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERANIOL; GERANYL ACETATE; LINALOOL; OCIMUM BASILICUM ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BASIL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 79955447215     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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