In vitro antibacterial activity and GC/MS analysis of the essential oil extract of leaves of Rosmarinus officinalis grown in Morocco

International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 89-95

  Derwich, Elhoussine ^a   Benziane, Zineb ^b   Chabir, Rachida ^a   Taouil, Rachid ^c  

^a SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c MOULAY ISMAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

pinene; Antibacterial activity; Essential oils; GC MS; Rosmarinus officinalis

Indexed keywords

3 CARENE; ALPHA THUJENE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; BORNYL ACETATE; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CARVONE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CINEOLE; COPAENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERANYL ACETATE; GERMACRENE D; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MENTHOFURAN; MYRCENE; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; PULEGONE; SABINENE; TERPENE; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; TERPINOLENE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDRODISTILLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ROSEMARY; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 79960754589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09751491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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