Chemical profile and antibacterial activity of crude fractions and essential oils of Capparis ovata Desf. and Capparis spinosa L. (Capparaceae)

International Journal of Integrative Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-47

  Muhaidat, Riyadh ^a   Al Qudah, Mahmoud A ^a   Al Shayeb, Ahmad ^a   Jacob, Jacob H ^b   Al Jaber, Hala I ^c   Hussein, Emad ^a   Al Tarawneh, Ibrahim N ^c   Abu Orabi, Sultan T ^a  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b AL AL BAYT UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Capparis ovata; Capparis spinosa; Crude fraction; Essential oil; Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC)

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CAPPARIS OVATA EXTRACT; CAPPARIS SPINOSA EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLAVONOID; ISOPROPYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; METHYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CAPPARIS; CAPPARIS OVATA; CAPPARIS SPINOSA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONATION; IN VITRO STUDY; JORDAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84961382354     PISSN: 09742816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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