Antifungal Activity of Some Essential Oils

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 26, 2003, Pages 7596-7599

  Sridhar, Soundharrajan Radhakrishanan ^a   Rajagopal, R Velusamy ^a   Rajavel, Ramasamy ^a   Masilamani, Selladurai ^a   Narasimhan, Srinivasan ^a,b  

^a Spic Science Foundation India   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Essential oils; Plant and food mold rot; TLC bioautography

Indexed keywords

CYMBOPOGAN; ESSENTIAL OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISTILLATION; FOOD MOLD ROT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HERB; INDIAN HERB; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOULD; PLANT; POISON FOOD TECHNIQUE; STEAM DISTILLATION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ALTERNARIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; COLLETOTRICHUM; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS;

EID: 0347480143     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0344082     Document Type: Article

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