Chemical analysis and antimicrobial activity of essential oils from the aromatic plants artemisia afra jacq. And leonotis ocymifolia (Burm. F.) iwarsson var. Raineriana (vision1) iwarsson growing in Tanzania

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 396-400

  Vagionas, K ^a   Graikou, K ^a   Chinou, I B ^a   Runyoro, D ^b   Ngassapa, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Artemisia afra; Asteraceae; Camphor; Essential oil composition; Germacrene D; Lamiaceae; Leonotis ocymifolia var. raineriana; thujone

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOACTIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KETONES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PATHOGENS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CAMPHOR; HYDRODISTILLED VOLATILE OILS; LAMIACEAE;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA AFRA; ASTERACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DRYOBALANOPS; FUNGI; LAMIACEAE; LEONOTIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34547410021     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2007.9699314     Document Type: Article

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