Effect of thymol and carvacrol, the major components of thymus capitatus on the growth of pseudomonas aeruginosa

• Main Authors: Althunibat, Osama Yousef, Qaralleh, Haitham, Abboud, Muayad, Khleifat, Khaled, Majali, Ibrahim S., Darnis, Deny Susanti, Aldal'In, Hammad Khalifeh H., Yassin Ahmed Al-dalin, Sati
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 2016
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/61528/7/61528_Effect%20of%20Thymol%20and%20Carvacrol_article.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/61528/13/61528_Effect%20of%20Thymol%20and%20Carvacrol_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/61528/; http://microbiologyjournal.org/jmabsarchive.php?vol=10&issue=1

his study was designed to evaluate the antibacterial activity of Thymus capitatus and two of its major components namely thymol and carvacrol. The dried leaves were extracted using soxhlet apparatus. Thymol and carvacrol were isolated using normal phase column chromatography. The antibacterial activ...