Correlation between chemical composition and antibacterial activity of essential oils of some aromatic medicinal plants growing in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 213-220

  Cimanga, K ^a   Kambu, K ^b   Tona, L ^b   Apers, S ^a   De Bruyne, T ^a   Hermans, N ^a   Totte J ^a   Pieters, L ^a   Vlietinck, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

Author keywords

Annonaceae; Antibacterial activity; Aromatic plant species; Democratic Republic of Congo; Essential oils; Labiateae; Myrtaceae; Poaceae; Zingiberaceae

Indexed keywords

BETA PINENE; CINEOLE; CYMENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; LIMONENE; MYRCENE; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DRUG INHIBITION; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS ALBA; EUCALYPTUS CAMADULENSIS; EUCALYPTUS CITRIODORA; EUCALYPTUS DEGLUPTA; EUCALYPTUS ROBUSTA; EUCALYPTUS TERTICONIS; GROWTH RATE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYTOTHERAPY; SEEDS;

EID: 0036169423     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(01)00384-1     Document Type: Article

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