The chemo-geographical variation in essential oil composition and the antimicrobial properties of "wild mint" - Mentha longifolia subsp. polyadena (Lamiaceae) in Southern Africa

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 18, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 60-65

  Viljoen, Alvaro M ^a   Petkar, Sahir ^b   Van Vuuren, Sandy F ^b   Figueiredo, A Cristina ^c   Pedro, Luis G ^c   Barroso, José G ^c  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

1,8 cineole; Antimicrobial activity; Cis piperitone oxide; Essential oil composition; Lamiaceae; Limonene; Mentha longifolia subsp. polyadena; Menthofuran; Piperitenone oxide; Pulegone

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

1,8-CINEOLE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CIS-PIPERITONE OXIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; LAMIACEAE; LIMONENE; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA SUBSP. POLYADENA; MENTHOFURAN; PIPERITENONE OXIDE; PULEGONE;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MENTHA; MENTHA ARVENSIS; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 33748488887     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2006.12067123     Document Type: Article

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