Constituents and antibacterial activity of the essential oils from the leaves and fruits of pittosporum viridulum

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 591-593

  John, Anil J ^a   Karunakaran, Vrujesh P ^a   George, Varughese ^a   Pradeep, Nediyaparambu S ^a   Sethuraman, Mathur G ^b  

^a Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute   (India)

^b GANDHIGRAM RURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Caryophyllene oxide; Essential oil composition; Germacrene D; Pittosporaceae; Pittosporum viridulum; Spathulenol; cadinol; cadinene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DISTILLATION; FRUITS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

Α-CADINOL; Δ-CADINENE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; PITTOSPORUM VIRIDULUM;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

PITTOSPORACEAE; PITTOSPORUM; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 37049014265     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2007.9699338     Document Type: Article

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