Abaco bush medicine: Chemical composition of the essential oils of four aromatic medicinal plants from Abaco Island, Bahamas

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 43-65

  Schmidt, Jennifer M ^a   Noletto, Joseph A ^a   Vogler, Bernhard ^a   Setzer, William N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyris elemifera; Antimicrobial activity; Bahamas; Composition; Cytotoxic activity; Eugenia axillaris; Lantana involucrata; Leaf essential oil; Myrica cerifera

Indexed keywords

AMYRIS ELEMIFERA EXTRACT; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARVONE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENIA AXILLARIS EXTRACT; FLAVONOID GLYCOSIDE; GERMACRENE D; HUMULENE; HUMULENE DERIVATIVE; LANTANA INVOLUCRATA EXTRACT; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; METHOXSALEN; MYRICA CERIFERA EXTRACT; NEROLIDOL; OCIMENE; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; SPATHULENOL; TARAXERONE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINEOL; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRIDIFLOROL;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ESSENTIAL OIL; MEDICINAL PLANT; TOXICITY TEST;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS CEREUS; BAHAMAS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYTOTOXICITY; DISTILLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREAT ABACO;

AMYRIS ELEMIFERA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS CEREUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUGENIA AXILLARIS; LANTANA INVOLUCRATA; MORELLA CERIFERA; MYRICACEAE; MYRTACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RUTACEAE; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 33847333829     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: 15403580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J044v12n03_04     Document Type: Article

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