Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oils of Thymus algeriensis, Eucalyptus globulus and Rosmarinus officinalis from Morocco

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 91, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2643-2651

  Ait Ouazzou, Abdenour ^a   Lorán, Susana ^a   Bakkali, Mohammed ^b   Laglaoui, Amin ^b   Rota, Carmen ^a   Herrera, Antonio ^a   Pagán, Rafael ^a   Conchello, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Chemical composition; Essential oils; Eucalyptus globulus; Rosmarinus officinalis; Thymus algeriensis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BORNANE DERIVATIVE; CINEOLE; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; ISOBORNEOL; PRESERVATIVE; ROSEMARY OIL; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EUCALYPTUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MOROCCO; PLANT; ROSMARINUS; THYMUS (PLANT);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BORNANES; CYCLOHEXANOLS; EUCALYPTUS; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONOTERPENES; MOROCCO; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; ROSMARINUS; THYMUS PLANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 80053922956     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4505     Document Type: Article

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