Antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of young pine shoots (Picea abies L.)

J Ethnopharmacol. 1991 Dec;35(2):155-7. doi: 10.1016/0378-8741(91)90067-n.

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.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / analysis
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacteria / drug effects
  • Chloramphenicol / pharmacology
  • Chromatography, Gas
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Oils, Volatile / analysis
  • Oils, Volatile / pharmacology*
  • Plant Extracts / analysis
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Oils, Volatile
  • Plant Extracts
  • Chloramphenicol