Evaluation of the cytotoxic effect and antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral activities of Hypericum triquetrifolium Turra essential oils from Tunisia

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Rouis, Zyed ^a   Abid, Nabil ^a   Koudja, Sadok ^b   Yangui, Thabet ^c   Elaissi, Ameur ^a   Cioni, Pier Luigi ^d   Flamini, Guido ^d   Aouni, Mahjoub ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^c CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Coxsakievirus B3; Essential oils; Fungi; Hypericum triquetrifolium

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; HYPERICUM EXTRACT;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXSACKIE VIRUS B3; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL STRAIN; HARVEST; HYPERICUM TRIQUETRIFOLIUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TUNISIA; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; FUNGI; HYPERICUM; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; VERO CELLS;

EID: 84872980179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-24     Document Type: Article

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