Bioactivity of New Zealand medicinal plant essential oils

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 426, Issue , 1996, Pages 13-30

  Lis Balchin, Maria ^a   Deans, Stanley ^b   Hart, Stephen ^c  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antifungal activity; Chemical composition; Essential oils; New Zealand plants; Pharmacological activity; Volatile oils

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAVIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; EUCALYPTUS; FUNGI; KUNZEA; KUNZEA ERICOIDES; LEPTOSPERMUM; LEPTOSPERMUM PETERSONII; LEPTOSPERMUM SCOPARIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; MYRTACEAE; PODOCARPUS TOTARA;

EID: 0006907739     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1996.426.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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