Chemical composition and biological activities of the essential oils from three Melaleuca species grown in Tunisia

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 16580-16591

  Amri, Ismail ^a   Mancini, Emilia ^b   de Martino, Laura ^b   Marandino, Aurelio ^b   Lamia, Hamrouni ^a   Mohsen, Hanana ^c   Bassem, Jamoussi ^d   Scognamiglio, Mariarosa ^b   Reverchon, Ernesto ^b   de Feo, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

^d Higher Institute of Education and Continuous Training   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Melaleuca acuminata; Melaleuca armillaris; Melaleuca styphelioides; Phytotoxic activity

Indexed keywords

CARVEOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; MELALEUCA ACUMINATA EXTRACT; MELALEUCA ARMILLARIS EXTRACT; MELALEUCA STYPHELIOIDES EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HERBICIDE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONCENTRATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERMINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA ACUMINATA; MELALEUCA ARMILLARIS; MELALEUCA STYPHELIOIDES; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHALARIS; PHALARIS CANARIENSIS; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RADISH; SINAPIS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRITICUM DURUM; TUNISIA; CHEMISTRY;

LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA ARMILLARIS; MELALEUCA STYPHELIOIDES; PHALARIS CANARIENSIS; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

HERBICIDES; MELALEUCA; OILS, VOLATILE; TUNISIA;

EID: 84871703640     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms131216580     Document Type: Article

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