Antibacterial and antioxidant activity of essential oil terpenes against pathogenic and spoilage-forming bacteria and cell structure-activity relationships evaluated by SEM microscopy

Molecules

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 17773-17798

  Zengin, Hatice ^a   Baysal, Ayse H ^a  

^a IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Action mechanisms; Antibacterial activity; Essential oils; GC MS; SEM; Synergism; Terpenes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA-PINENE; ALPHA-TERPINEOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CINEOLE; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL OIL; LINALOOL; TERPENE;

BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; PROCEDURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; CYCLOHEXANOLS; CYCLOHEXENES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TERPENES;

EID: 84914128554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules191117773     Document Type: Article

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