Isolation of the volatile oil from Satureja thymbra by supercritical carbon dioxide extraction: Chemical composition and biological activity

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1523-1526

  Piras, Alessandra ^a   Cocco, Viviana ^a   Falconieri, Danilo ^a   Porcedda, Silvia ^a   Marongiu, Bruno ^a   Maxia, Andrea ^a   Frau, Maria Assunta ^a   Gonca̧lves, Maria J ^b   Cavaleiro, Carlos ^b   Salgueiro, Ligia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Essential oil; Satureja thymbra L.

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ALPHA THUJENE; AMPHOTERICIN B; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; CAMPHENE; CARVACROL; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLUCONAZOLE; GAMMA CADINENE; GAMMA MUUROLENE; HUMULENE; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; OCIMENE; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; SABINENE; SATUREJA THYMBRA EXTRACT; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINOLENE; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALENCENE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DERMATOPHYTE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FUNGAL STRAIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRODISTILLATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM LETHAL CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; SATUREJA THYMBRA; SAVORY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE EXTRACTION; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; YEAST;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MICROSPORUM CANIS; SARDA; SATUREJA THYMBRA; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 80655128381     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1100601029     Document Type: Article

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