Seasonal variation in essential oil composition, oil toxicity and the biological activity of solvent extracts of three South African Salvia species

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 230-237

  Kamatou, G P P ^a   Van Zyl, R L ^a   Van Vuuren, S F ^a   Figueiredo, A C ^b   Barroso, J G ^b   Pedro, L G ^b   Viljoen, A M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological activities; Essential oil composition; S. africana lutea; S. lanceolata; Salvia africana caerulea; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOACTIVITY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ESSENTIAL OIL; GROWING SEASON; HERB; PLANT EXTRACT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOXICITY;

POSIBACTERIA; SALVIA; SALVIA AFRICANA-CAERULEA;

EID: 41649085139     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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