The antimicrobial, antimalarial and toxicity profiles of helihumulone, leaf essential oil and extracts of Helichrysum cymosum (L.) D. Don subsp. cymosum

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 287-290

  van Vuuren, S F ^a   Viljoen, A M ^b   van Zyl, R L ^a   van Heerden, F R ^c   Başer, K Husnu C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimalarial; Antimicrobial; Essential oil; Helichrysum; Helihumulone; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; ESSENTIAL OIL; MEDICINAL PLANT; TOXICITY TEST;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HELICHRYSUM; HELICHRYSUM CYMOSUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33745483503     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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