Antibacterial and molluscicidal activities of the essential oil of Chrysanthemum viscidehirtum.
The volatile fraction of Chrysanthemum viscidehirtum aerial parts, consisting mainly of limonene, beta-farnesene and many oxygenated sesquiterpenes, was screened for activity against 21 microbial strains. This essential oil exhibited activity against all germs tested, in particular Salmonella typhi and Proteus mirabilis. It also showed molluscicidal activity against Bulinus truncatus.
Khallouki
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Département de Chimie-Biochimie, U.F.R. des Substances Naturelles, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Rabat, Morocco. farid30@caramail.com
Hmamouchi
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Younos
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C
Soulimani
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Bessiere
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Essassi
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D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019659:Asteraceae; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D002033:Bulinus / Q000187:drug effects*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008975:Molluscacides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018514:Plant Structures; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D013729:Terpenes / Q000494:pharmacology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D008975:Molluscacides; D013729:Terpenes