Essential oil composition and antimicrobial activity of ageratum conyzoides from S. Tomé and príncipe

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-242

  Martins, Ana Paula ^a   Salgueiro, Lígia R ^a   Gonçalves, Maria José ^a   Vila, Roser ^b   Cañigueral, Salvador ^b   Tomi, Félix ^c   Casanova, Joseph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Université de Corse   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ageratum conyzoides; Antimicrobial activity; Asteraceae; Essential oil composition; Fi mal homem; Precocene I; caryophyllene

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DIFFUSION; DISTILLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROORGANISMS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

Β-CARYOPHYLLENE; AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ASTERACEAE; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; FIÁ-MALÉ-HOMEM; PRECOCENE I;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASTERACEAE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 27744464037     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2005.9698888     Document Type: Article

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