APPLICATION OF A 2 LEVELS FACTORIAL DESIGN TO THE STUDY OF THE ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF 3 TERPENES

Authors
BELAICHE T TANTAOUIELARAKI A IBRAHIMY A
Citation
T. Belaiche et al., APPLICATION OF A 2 LEVELS FACTORIAL DESIGN TO THE STUDY OF THE ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF 3 TERPENES, Sciences des aliments, 15(6), 1995, pp. 571-578
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Sciences des aliments → ACNP
ISSN journal
02408813
Volume
15
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
571 - 578
Database
ISI
SICI code
0240-8813(1995)15:6<571:AOA2LF>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The antimicrobial activity of three components of eucalyptus essential oils, i.e. cineol, linalool and eugenol, was determined on Staphyloco ccus aureus. The use of a 2(3) experimental design method made it poss ible to reduce the number of trials and to quantify factor-interaction effects between the compounds studied. 1,8-cineole showed no signific ant antimicrobial activity, while eugenol was highly active, closely f ollowed by linalool. The linalool by eugenol interaction showed an ant agonistic effect between the two substances.