Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Alpinia officinarum rhizome

Indian Journal of Chemistry - Section B Organic and Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2060-2063

  Indrayan, A K ^a   Garg, S N ^b   Rathi, A K ^a   Sharma, V ^c  

^a GURUKUL KANGRI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

^c Chembiotek Research International   (India)

Author keywords

1,8 cineole; Alpinia officinarum; Antimicrobial activity; Chinese ginger; Composition; Essential oil; Lesser galangal; Zingiberaceae

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049178549     PISSN: 03764699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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