Chemical composition and antimicrobial potential of aqueous distillate volatiles of Indian peppermint (Mentha piperita) and spearmint (Mentha spicata)

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 258-267

  Verma, Ram Swaroop ^a   Pandey, Vandana ^a,b   Padalia, Rajendra Chandra ^a   Saikia, Dharmendra ^c   Krishna, Binay ^c  

^a Research Centre   (India)

^b KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

antibacterial activity; composition; decanted oil; hydrodistillation; recovered oil

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DECANTED ESSENTIAL OIL; ESSENTIAL OIL; MENTHA SPICATA EXTRACT; PEPPERMINT; RECOVERED ESSENTIAL OIL; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE HYDROCARBONS; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISTILLATION; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HERB; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRODISTILLATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MENTHA PIPERITA; MENTHA SPICATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MENTHA; MENTHA SPICATA; MENTHA X PIPERITA;

EID: 80053177352     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: 15403580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10496475.2011.591519     Document Type: Article

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