Bioactive evaluation of the essential oil of plectranthus amboinicus by GC-MS analysis and its role as a drug for microbial infections and inflammation

International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL.3, 2012, Pages 205-211

  Manjamalai, A ^a   Alexander, Tom ^a   Berlin Grace, V M ^a  

^a KARUNYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Caryophyllene; Norfloxacin; Plectranthus amboinicus; Thymol; Xylene

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN; CARVACROL; CARYOPHYLLENE DERIVATIVE; CEFEPIME; DICLOFENAC; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLUCONAZOLE; GATIFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN; OVALBUMIN; PARA CYMENE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS AMBOINICUS EXTRACT; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXCITEMENT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INOCULATION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OTITIS; PLECTRANTHUS; PLECTRANTHUS AMBOINICUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAT; SIDE EFFECT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84872743184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09751491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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