Essential oil composition and antimicrobial activity of three Ocimum species from Uttarakhand (India)

International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages 223-225

  Anand, Ankur Kumar ^a   Mohan, Manindra ^b   Zafar Haider, S ^b   Sharma, Akash ^c  

^a Industrial Estate   (India)

^b Centre for Aromatic Plants CAP   (India)

^c CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Camphor; Essential oil compositions; Eugenol; Methyl chevicol; Ocimum basilicum; Ocimum gratissimum; Ocimum kilimandscharicum

Indexed keywords

CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; GERMACRENE D; LIMONENE; OCIMENE; OCIMUM BASILICUM EXTRACT; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM EXTRACT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BASIL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79957767320     PISSN: 09751491     EISSN: 09751491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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