Essential oil of Lithraea molleoides (Vell.): Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 556-560

  Shimizu, Mario Tsunezi ^a,d   Bueno, Leandro De Jesus Franco ^b   Rodrigues, Rosa Fátima Oliveira ^b   Sallowicz, Fabiano Augusto ^b   Sawaya, Alexandra Christine Helena Frankland ^b   Marques, Márcia Ortiz Maio ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Unidade Integrada de Farmacologia e Gastroenterologia   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Chemical composition; Essential oil; Lithraea molleoides

Indexed keywords

ANACARDIACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LITHREA MOLLEOIDES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33947152878     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822006000400028     Document Type: Article

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