Chemical composition of volatile extract and biological activities of volatile and less-volatile extracts of juniper berry (Juniperus drupacea L.) fruit

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 5021-5025

  El Ghorab, Ahmed ^a   Shaaban, Hamdy A ^a   El Massry, Khaled F ^a   Shibamoto, Takayuki ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pinene; Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Camphor; Juniper berry fruit; Volatile chemicals

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ETHER; HEXANE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FRUIT; FUNGUS; JUNIPERUS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; ETHER, ETHYL; FRUIT; FUNGI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEXANES; JUNIPERUS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CITHAREXYLUM CAUDATUM; DRYOBALANOPS; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS DRUPACEA;

EID: 47849090405     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf8001747     Document Type: Article

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