Kinetics Study of Antibacterial Activity of Cajuput Oil (Melaleuca cajuputi) on Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Bacillus cereus

The kinetics of antibacterial activity cajuput oil (Melaleuca cajuputi) to E. coli, B. cereus, and S. aureus were investigated. aim this study was determine the reaction orders as an agent. extraction conducted by water-steam distillation. yield 0.88%. GC-MS analysis showed that contained β-ocimene (19.35%), 1.8-cineole (17.67%), limonene (12.09%), β-caryophyllene (9.51%), γ-terpinene (8.93%), 2-β-pinene (8.85%), α-terpinolene (4.96%), α-humulene (4.10%), α-terpineol (2.83%), p-cymene (2.33%). extract aureus, with 0.4460, 0.8235 0.6928, respectively.