Chemical composition and cytotoxic activity of the leaf essential oil of Eugenia zuchowskiae from Monteverde, Costa Rica

Journal of Natural Medicines

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 414-417

  Cole, Ramona A ^a   Bansal, Anita ^a   Moriarity, Debra M ^a   Haber, William A ^b,c   Setzer, William N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c NONE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Cytotoxicity; Essential oil; Eugenia zuchowskiae

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARYOPHYLLENE; COPAENE; DOXORUBICIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; HUMULENE; PINENE; TINGENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DISTILLATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; EUGENIA ZUCHOWSKIAE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT LEAF; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

EID: 34548836305     PISSN: 13403443     EISSN: 18610293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11418-007-0155-6     Document Type: Article

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