Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of the rhizome oil of Hedychium larsenii

Acta Pharmaceutica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 315-320

  Gopanraj, ^a   Dan, Mathew ^a   Shiburaj, Sugathan ^a   Sethuraman, Mathur Gopalakrishnan ^b   George, Varughese ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b GANDHIGRAM RURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Essential oil; GC; GC MS; Hedychium larsenii (Zingiberaceae); Rhizome

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SALINENE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BORNEOL; CAMPHOR; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FENCHYL ALCOHOL; HEDYCHIUM LARSENII EXTRACT; LINALOOL; LINALOOLOXIDE B; PLANT EXTRACT; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; STREPTOMYCIN; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPINENE 4 OL; TERPINEOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEDYCHIUM LARSENII; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; RHIZOME;

EID: 27144537771     PISSN: 13300075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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