Antibacterial activity of volatile component and various extracts of Spirulina platensis

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 754-757

  Ozdemir, Guven ^a   Karabay, N Ulku ^a   Dalay, Meltem Conk ^b   Pazarbasi, Baris ^c  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Extracts; Spirulina platensis; Volatile components

Indexed keywords

2 HEXADECENE; 8 HEPTADECENE; ALPHA LONENE; HEPTADECADIENE; HEPTADECANE; HEXADECANE; ISOPHYTOL; LINOLEIC ACID; NEOPHYTADIENE; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITONITRILE; PENTADECANE; PENTADECANENITRILE; PHYTOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS EXTRACT; TETRADECANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG POTENCY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE ASPOROGENOUS ROD-SHAPED BACTERIA; NONHUMAN; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPIRULINA; VOLATILIZATION;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 8344277514     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1541     Document Type: Article

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