Aromatic plants from Yungas. Part IV: Composition and antimicrobial activity of Myrcianthes pseudo-mato essential oil

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 481-484

  Demo, M S ^a   Oliva, M M ^a   Zunino, M P ^b   Lopez, M L ^b   Zygadlo, J A ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Essential oil composition; Myrcianthes pseudo mato; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

AROMADENDRENE; BETA EUDESMOL; BETA PINENE; CADINOL TAU; CARYOPHYLLENE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CINEOLE; DELTA CADINENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAMMA ELEMENE; GAMMA MUUROLENE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUMULENE; LIMONENE; MUUROLOL TAU; MYRCIANTHES PSEUDO MATO EXTRACT; NEROLIDOL; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; SABINENE; SPATHULENOL; TERPINEOL; TERPINEOL 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HERBAL MEDICINE; KLEBSIELLA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYRCIANTHES PSEUDO MATO; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; YEAST;

BACILLUS CEREUS; CAESALPINIA CILIATA; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; MICROCOCCUS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MIRABILIS; MYRCIANTHES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0038723572     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.40.7.481.14689     Document Type: Article

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