Biological activities of essential oils and methanol extracts of five Ocimum species against pathogenic bacteria

Czech Journal of Food Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 194-202

  Saha, Soumen ^a,b   Dhar, Tarak Nath ^b   Sengupta, Chandan ^b   Ghosh, Parthadeb ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Essential oil; GC MS; Ocimum species

Indexed keywords

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; GC-MS; GRAM-NEGATIVE STRAINS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; OCIMUM SPECIES; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; DISC DIFFUSION METHODS; GRAM NEGATIVE STRAIN; NATURAL PRESERVATIVES;

BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOL; OILS AND FATS; BACTERIOLOGY;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NEGIBACTERIA; OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM; OCIMUM CANUM; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; OCIMUM KILIMANDSCHARICUM; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84877109427     PISSN: 12121800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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