Essential oil composition and antimicrobial assay of Acorus calamus leaves from different wild populations

Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-44

  Radusiene J ^a   Judzentiene A ^b   Peciulyte D ^a   Janulis, V ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Lithuania)

^b CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^c KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

(Z) asarone; Acorus calamus; Antimicrobial activity; Gas chromatography; GC MS; Leaf essential oil; Minimum inhibitory concentration

Indexed keywords

ACORUS CALAMUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DRYOBALANOPS; FUNGI; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 34447513078     PISSN: 14792621     EISSN: 1479263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1479262107390928     Document Type: Article

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