Composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oil from the fruits of Amomum cannicarpum

Acta Pharmaceutica

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 473-480

  Sabulal, Baby ^a   Dan, Mathew ^a   Pradeep, Nediyamparambu Sukumaran ^a   Valsamma, Renju Krishna ^a   George, Varughese ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Amomum cannicarpum (Zingiberaceae); Antibacterial activity; Antifungal activity; Elemol; Essential oil; GC MS; cadinol; pinene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CADINOL; AMOMUM CANNICARPUM EXTRACT; BETA PINENE; ELEMOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLUCONAZOLE; PLANT EXTRACT; STREPTOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMOMUM; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 33845240140     PISSN: 13300075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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