| Titre : | Antibacterial activities of coleus aromaticus benth (Lamiaceae) essential oil against oral pathogens (2011) |
| Auteurs : | K. Koba, Auteur ; A.Y. Nénonéné, Auteur ; K. Sanda, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | The journal of essential oil research (Vol. 23 N° 1, Janvier/Fevrier 2011) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 13 - 17 |
| Note générale : | Génie Chimique |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | 646 |
| Tags : | Coleus aromaticus Lamiaceae Essential oil composition Thymol Antimicrobial activity Oral pathogens |
| Résumé : |
Leaf essential oil of Coleus aromaticus (Lamiaceae) from Cambodia was steam-distilled and investigated for its percentage composition and antibacterial activity against fifteen oral microflora pathogen strains.
The volatile oil sample investigated in this work contained mainly thymol (57.4%), carvacrol (13.5%), g-terpinene (5.6%), and p-cymene (5.2%). The in vitro antibacterial experiments revealed that on tested bacteria the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) ranged 40–80 µL/L and the minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) 80–150 µL/L. These findings support the idea that the C. aromaticus essential oil sample tested here could be suitable for use as a natural active ingredient in natural and low-cost drugs against oral microflora. |
| DEWEY : | 665 |
| ISSN : | 1041-2905 |
| En ligne : | http://www.jeoronline.com/archive/detail/55 |
