title: Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oil of Piper angustifolium.
abstract: The essential oil for Piper angustifolium Lam. was analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) technique. Camphor and camphene were the main constituents. This oil exhibited bacteriostatic and fungistatic activities against Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Escherichia coli.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tirillini
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Velasquez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pellegrino
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000032:analysis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D000081008:Bicyclic Monoterpenes; D002164:Camphor / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology; D005658:Fungi / Q000187:drug effects; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000032:analysis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D013729:Terpenes / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000081008:Bicyclic Monoterpenes; D009822:Oils, Volatile; D013729:Terpenes; D002164:Camphor; C019286:camphene