Antileishmanial activity of a linalool-rich essential oil from Croton cajucara

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1895-1901

  Rosa, Maria do Socorro S ^a   Mendonça Filho, Ricardo R ^a   Bizzo, Humberto R ^b   Rodrigues, Igor de Almeida ^a   Soares, Rosangela Maria A ^a   Souto Padrón, Thais ^a   Alviano, Celuta Sales ^a   Lopes, Angela Hampshire C S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA AGROINDÚSTRIA DE ALIMENTOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROTON EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; LINALOOL; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTON; CYTOTOXICITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH INHIBITION; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CROTON; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MONOTERPENES; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT OILS;

EID: 0037764111     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.6.1895-1901.2003     Document Type: Article

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