Chemical Composition and in vitro Cytotoxic Activity of Essential Oils from Two Tropical Lamiaceae: Aeollanthus pubescens Benth. and Ocimum gratissimum L

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-69

  Koba, K ^a   Sanda, K ^a   Guyon, C ^b   Raynaud, C ^c   Millet, J ^b   Chaumont, J P ^b   Nicod, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Aeollanthus pubescens; Cytotoxicity; Essential oil; HaCat cell line; Lamiaceae; Ocimum gratissimum

Indexed keywords

AEOLLANTHUS; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; OCIMUM; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM;

EID: 33947202682     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2007.10643520     Document Type: Article

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