Essential oil of Valeriana officinalis L. cultivars and their antimicrobial activity as influenced by harvesting time under commercial organic cultivation

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3915-3919

  Letchamo, Wudeneh ^a   Ward, William ^a   Heard, Brooks ^b   Heard, Denise ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Heard Farm   (United States)

Author keywords

humulene; Antimicrobial; Bornyl acetate; Cultivars; Essential oil; Growth stage; Organic cultivation; Valerenal; Valerenic acid; Valeriana officinalis

Indexed keywords

15 ACETOXYVALERANONE; BORNYL ACETATE; CAMPHENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; HUMULENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERENAL; VALERENIC ACID;

AGE; AGING; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTIVAR; DISTILLATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HARVESTING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES CULTIVATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VALERIANA OFFICINALIS;

AGRICULTURE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; ODORS; OILS, VOLATILE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VALERIAN;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VALERIANA; VALERIANA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 2942556583     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0353990     Document Type: Article

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