Malagasy aromatic plants: Essential oils, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 629, Issue , 2004, Pages 77-81

  Juliani Hector, R ^a   Simon, James E ^a   Roland Ramboatiana, M M ^b   Behra, Olivier ^c   Garvey, Alison S ^a   Raskin, Ilya ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Phael Flor   (Madagascar)

^c CBD   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Eugenol; Medicinal plants; Monoterpenes; Natural products

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645559994     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

1. Barata, M.T., Dorman, H.J.D., Deans S.G., Figuereido, A.C., Barroso, J.G. and Roberto, G. 1998. Antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of some commercial essential oils. Flavour Fragr. J. 13:235-244.
2. Griffin, S.G., Wyllie, S.G., Markham, J.L. and Leach, D.N. 1999. The role of structure and molecular properties of terpenoids in determining their antimicrobial activity. Flavour Fragr. J. 14:322-332.
3. Juliani, H.R. and Simon, J.E. 2002. Antioxidant Activity of Basil (Ocimum spp.). In: Janick J. New Crops and New Uses: Strength in Diversity. ASHS Press. Virginia. USA pp575-579.
4. Re, R., Pellegrini, N., Proteggente, A., Pannala, A., Yang, M. and Rice-Evans, C. 1999. Antioxidant activity applying an improved ABTS radical cation decolorization assay. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 26(9/10):1231-1237.
5. Scalbert, A. and Williamson, G. 2000. Dietary intake and bioavailability of polyphenols. The Journal of Nutrition. 130:2073S-2085S.
6. Williams, D.G. 1997. The chemistry of essential oils. Micelle Press. New York.
7. Zygadlo, J.A. and Juliani, H.R. (Jr.). 2000. Bioactivity of essential oil components. Current Topics in Phytochemistry 3:203-214.