Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activities of the Essential Oils from the Rhizomes of Four Hedychium Species from South India

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-97

  Sabulal, Baby ^a   George, Varughese ^a   Dan, Mathew ^a   Pradeep, Nediyaparambu Sukumaran ^a  

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

Author keywords

1,8 cineole; Antimicrobial activity; Essential oil composition; Hedychium coronarium; Hedychium flavescens; Hedychium spicatum var. Acuminatum; Hedychium venustum; Zingiberaceae; pinene

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

Β-PINENES; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; HEDYCHIUM FLAVESCENS; HEDYCHIUM VENUSTUM; RHIZOME OILS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; HEDYCHIUM; HEDYCHIUM CORONARIUM; HEDYCHIUM FLAVESCENS; HEDYCHIUM SPICATUM; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS VULGARIS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 33847068732     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2007.9699237     Document Type: Article

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