Cruzain inhibitory activity of the leaf essential oil from an undescribed species of eugenia from Monteverde, Costa Rica

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1211-1213

  Stokes, Sean L ^a   Cole, Ramona A ^a   Rangelova, Mariana P ^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

Cruzain inhibition; Essential oil; Eugenia; Germacrene D; Zingiberene

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549113202     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0700201203     Document Type: Article

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