Antimicrobial activity of essential oil extract of Ocimum basilicum L. leaves on a variety of pathogenic bacteria

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3453-3456

  Moghaddam, Amir Mohammad Daneshian ^a   Shayegh, Jalal ^a   Mikaili, Peyman ^b   Sharaf, Jalil Dolghari ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Basil (ocimum basilicum) essential oil; Gram positive and gram negative bacteria; Minimal inhibition concentration (MIC); Minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC)

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BASIL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84860397267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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