Chemical composition and bioactivity of the leaf oil of Calyptranthes pallens (Poir.) Griseb. from Abaco Island, Bahamas

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 303-306

  Bansal, Anita ^a   Boehme, Amelia K ^a   Eiter, Lauren C ^a   Schmidt, Jennifer M ^a   Setzer, William N ^a   Vincent, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Calyptranthes pallens; Cytotoxicity; Essential oil composition; Myrtaceae; Trans pinocarveol; pinene; terpineol

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548817195     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0600100407     Document Type: Article

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