Chemical composition and biological activity of the essential oil of the fruit of taxodium distichum L. Rich growing in egypt

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 386-392

  El Tantawy, Mona E ^a   El Sakhawy, Fatma S ^b   El Sohly, Mahmoud A ^c   Ross, Samir A ^c  

^a National Organizations for Drug Control and Research   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Biological activity; Essential oil composition; Taxodiaceae; Taxodium distichum; pinene

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001661842     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.1999.9701161     Document Type: Article

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