Antibacterial activity and anticancer activity of Rosmarinus officinalis L. essential oil compared to that of its main components

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2704-2713

  Wang, Wei ^a   Li, Nan ^a   Luo, Meng ^a   Zu, Yuangang ^a   Efferth, Thomas ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

pinene; pinene; 1,8 cineole; Antibacterial activities; Cytotoxicity; Rosmarinus officinalis L.

Indexed keywords

ALPHA-PINENE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA PINENE; BETA-PINENE; BICYCLO COMPOUND; CINEOLE; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL OIL; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; IC 50; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; ROSMARINUS; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BACTERIA; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CYCLOHEXANOLS; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; ROSMARINUS;

EID: 84858975802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules17032704     Document Type: Article

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