title: Antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of young pine shoots (Picea abies L.).
abstract: The antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of young pine shoots was investigated and compared with that of a commercial pine needle oil and chloramphenicol. The correlation between the antimicrobial activity of the essential oils and their compositions, analysed by gas chromatography, is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacognosy, University of Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kartnig
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Still
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Reinthaler
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D009822:Oils, Volatile; D010936:Plant Extracts; D002701:Chloramphenicol