Essential oil of brachylaena hutchinsii hutch from Tanzania:

dc.contributor.author	Oliva, MM
dc.contributor.author	Demo, MS
dc.contributor.author	Malele, RS
dc.contributor.author	Mutayabarwa, CK
dc.contributor.author	Mwangi, JW
dc.contributor.author	Thoithi, GN
dc.contributor.author	Kibwage, IO
dc.contributor.author	Faillaci, SM
dc.contributor.author	Scrivanti, RL
dc.contributor.author	Lopez, AG
dc.contributor.author	Zygadlo, JA
dc.date.accessioned	2013-02-20T07:54:15Z
dc.date.issued	2003
dc.identifier.citation	East and Central African journal of pharmaceutical sciences Vol. 6(2003) 61-63	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/10402
dc.description.abstract	The hydrodistilled essential oil of saw powder of Brachylaena hutchinsii Hutch was analyzed by GC/MS. Twenty six compounds representing 94.7% of the oil were identified. The main components of the oil were hydrocarbons sesquiterpenes, caryophyllene (19.1%), l3-cubebene (15.5%), ciS-calamenene (10.5%) and a-copaene (9.0%). The oil exhibited antimicrobial activity, which was comparable to that of gentamycin against Proteus mirabilis. It also showed some activity against Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus au reus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Micrococcus luteus and Enterococcus faecalis.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Brachylaena hutchinsii,	en
dc.subject	Essential oil,	en
dc.subject	Sesquiterpenes,	en
dc.subject	Antimicrobial activity.	en
dc.title	Essential oil of brachylaena hutchinsii hutch from Tanzania:	en
dc.title.alternative	Antimicrobial activity and composition	en
dc.type	Article	en