Chemical Constituents and Antibacterial Activity of the Leaf Oil of Cinnamomum chemungianum Mohan et Henry

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 98-100

  Rameshkumar, Koranappally B ^a   George, Varughese ^a   Shiburaj, Sugathan ^a  

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

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Cinnamomum chemungianum; Essential oil composition; Intermedeol; Lauraceae; selinene

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; VEGETABLE OILS;

Β-SELINENES; CINNAMOMUM CHEMUNGIANUM; HYDRODISTILLATION; INTERMEDEOLS; LAURACEAE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CINNAMOMUM; LAURACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33847037953     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2007.9699238     Document Type: Article

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