Essential oil of the leaves of Ricinus communis L.: In vitro cytotoxicity and antimicrobial properties

Lipids in Health and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zarai, Zied ^a   Chobba, Ines Ben ^b   Mansour, Riadh Ben ^c   Békir, Ahmed ^b   Gharsallah, Néji ^b   Kadri, Adel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c Université de Sfax   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Cytotoxicity; Essential oil; R. communis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; RICINUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HELA CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RICINUS COMMUNIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOTOXINS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS; RICINUS; TUNISIA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FUNGI; RICINUS COMMUNIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84864822221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476511X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-511X-11-102     Document Type: Article

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