Composition, antioxidant and chemotherapeutic properties of the essential oils from two Origanum species growing in Pakistan

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 943-952

  Hussain, Abdullah I ^a,b   Anwar, Farooq ^b   Rasheed, Shazia ^c   Nigam, Poonam S ^c   Janneh, Omar ^d   Sarker, Satyajit D ^e  

^a GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c The University of Agriculture Peshawar   (Pakistan)

^d Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antimalarial; Antioxidant; Cytotoxicity; Lamiaceae; Origanum

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID LINALYL ESTER; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; BUTYLCRESOL; CAMPHENE; CARVACROL; CHLOROQUINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXORUBICIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; LINOLEIC ACID; MYRCENE; ORIGANUM MAJORANA EXTRACT; ORIGANUM VULGARE EXTRACT; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; SABINENE; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE; TERPINENE; TERPINENE 4 OL; TERPINEOL; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; PAKISTAN; PLANT GROWTH; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; SPECIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 80054865215     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2011005000165     Document Type: Article

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