Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of the essential oil of Centella asiatica growing in South Africa

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 249-252

  Oyedeji, O A ^a   Afolayan, A J ^b  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

humulene; caryophyllene; Antibacterial activity; Apiaceae; Bicyclogermacrene; Centella asiatica; Essential oil composition; Germacrene B; Myrcene

Indexed keywords

3 NONEN 2 ONE; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ALPHA THJUENE; AROMADENDRENE; BETA ELEMENE; BETA PINENE; BICYCLOELEMENE; BICYCLOGERMACRENE; BORNYL ACETATE; CAMPHENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT; CHRYSANTHENYL ACETATE; DELTA CADINENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAMMA CURCUMENE; GAMMA ELEMENE; GERMACRENE A; GERMACRENE B; GERMACRENE D; HUMULENE; HUMULENE EPOXIDE; ISOPAUTHENOL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MENTHONE; METHYLCARVACROL; METHYLTHYMOL; MINTSULFIDE; MYRCENE; NEOPHYTADIENE; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; PULEGONE; SESQUITERPENOID; SPATHULENOL; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRIDIFLOROL;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

APIACEAE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CENTELLA ASIATICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHIGELLA SONNEI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 19744369827     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200590928843     Document Type: Article

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