The geographical variation and antimicrobial activity of African wormwood (Artemisia afra Jacq.) essential oil

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 18, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 19-25

  Viljoen, Alvaro M ^a   Van Vuuren, Sandy F ^b   Gwebu, Tebogo ^b   Demirci, Betul ^c   Başer, K Husnu C ^c  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

1,8 cineole; Antimicrobial activity; Artemisia afra; Artemisia alcohol; Artemisia ketone; Asteraceae; Camphor; Death kinetics; Essential oil composition; thujone; thujone

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CORRELATION THEORY; ESSENTIAL OILS; KETONES; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA AFRA; ARTEMISIA ALCOHOLS; ARTEMISIA KETONE; ASTERACEAE; CAMPHOR; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; Α-THUJONE; Β-THUJONE;

BIODIVERSITY;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA AFRA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33748491069     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2006.12067114     Document Type: Article

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