Volatile constituents of ficus exasperata leaves

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 763-765

  Sonibare, Mubo A ^a   Ogunwande, Isiaka A ^b   Walker, Tameka M ^c   Setzer, William N ^c   Soladoye, Mike O ^d   Essien, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c University of Alabama in Huntsville   (United States)

^d OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

(E) phytol; 1,8 cineole; Antimicrobial; Essential oil; Ficus exasperate; GC MS; Moraceae; P cymene

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949110321     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0600100912     Document Type: Article

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