Chemical Composition and Antimycotic Activity of the Essential Oils of Corn Mint (Mentha arvensis) and Lemon Grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) Against Human Pathogenic Fungi

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 421-425

  Pandey, A K ^a   Rai, M K ^b   Acharya, D ^c  

^a TROPICAL FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b SANT GADGE BABA AMRAVATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Danielson College   (India)

Author keywords

Antimycotic activity; Cymbopogon flexuosus; Essential oil; Mentha arvensis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CITRAL; CYMBOPOGON FLEXUOSUS EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERANIOL; GERANYL ACETATE; ISOMENTHONE; KETOCONAZOLE NITRATE; LEMON OIL; MENTHA ARVENSIS EXTRACT; MENTHOL; MENTHONE; NEOMENTHOL; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PEPPERMINT OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMBOPOGON FLEXUOSUS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG ISOLATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA ARVENSIS; NONHUMAN; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; CITRUS LIMON; CYMBOPOGON; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; CYMBOPOGON FLEXUOSUS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; MENTHA; MENTHA ARVENSIS; MENTHA X PIPERITA; TRICHOPHYTON; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0345415595     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.41.6.421.17825     Document Type: Article

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