Chemical composition and biological activities of the essential oil from Artemisia herba-alba growing wild in Tunisia

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 407-410

  Amri, Ismail ^a   De Martino, Laura ^b   Marandino, Aurelio ^b   Lamia, Hamrouni ^a   Mohsen, Hanana ^c   Scandolera, Elia ^b   De Feo, Vincenzo ^b   Mancini, Emilia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Artemisia herba alba Asso; Essential oil; GC MS; Phytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ABSINTHOL; ALPHA TERPINEN 7 AL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARTEMISIA HERBA ALBA EXTRACT; CAMPHOR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHRYSANTHENOL; CHRYSANTHENONE; CHRYSANTHENYL ACETIC ACID; CINEOLE; DIHYDROCARVEOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCARVONE; GAMMA TERPINEN 7 AL; HERBICIDE; ISOBORNEOL; LINALOOL OXIDE; MYRTENOL; PATCHENOL; PINOCARVEOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SABINOL; SPATHULENOL; TERPINEN 4 OL; TURMERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERBENOL; VERBENONE; VIRIDENE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA HERBA ALBA; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GERMINATION; HYDRODISTILLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RADISH; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRITICUM DURUM; TUNISIA; WILD PLANT;

EID: 84875781117     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1300800333     Document Type: Article

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