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- Title
Antimicrobial activity of essential oils from Tunisian aromatic plants.
- Authors
Nabiha Bouzouita; Faten Kachouri; Moktar Hamdi; Mohamed Moncef Chaabouni
- Abstract
The essential oils from Thymus capitatus (L.) Hoffmgg. et Link, Ocimum basilicum (L.), Myrtus communis (M.) and Laurus nobilis (L.) have been characterized and tested against two bacteria (Lactobacillus plantarum and Escherichia coli) and a fungus (Geotrichum candidum), using a submerged broth culture method. The results obtained showed that T. capitatus and O. basilicum were the greatest inhibitors of all the strains tested, and that Escherichia coli was more inhibited than Lactobacillus plantarum by all the essential oils tested. Copyright ©2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
PLANT growing media; ESCHERICHIA coli; FUNGUS-bacterium relationships; LACTOBACILLUS plantarum; GEOTRICHUM candidum
- Publication
Flavour & Fragrance Journal, 2003, Vol 18, Issue 5, p380
- ISSN
0882-5734
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ffj.1200