Cytotoxic evaluation of essential oil from Zanthoxylum rhoifolium Lam. leaves

Acta Amazonica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 281-286

  Da Silva, Saulo Luis ^a,b   Figueiredo, Patrícia Maria ^b   Yano, Tomomasa ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Essential oil; Zanthoxylum; humulene; caryophyllene

Indexed keywords

MUS; ZANTHOXYLUM; ZANTHOXYLUM RHOIFOLIUM;

EID: 35148888307     PISSN: 00445967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0044-59672007000200015     Document Type: Article

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