Portuguese thymbra and thymus species volatiles: Chemical composition and biological activities

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 14, Issue 29, 2008, Pages 3120-3140

  Figueiredo, A C ^a   Barroso, J G ^a   Pedro, L G ^a   Salgueiro, L ^b   Miguel, M G ^c   Faleiro, M L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biological activity; Essential oil; Labiateae; Lamiaceae; Portugal; Thymbra; Thymus; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; BORNYL ACETATE; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CARVACROL; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; ESTER DERIVATIVE; GAMMA CADINENE; GERANIOL; GERANYL ACETATE; HUMULENE; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; OLIVE OIL; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; SABINENE; SESQUITERPENE; SUNFLOWER OIL; T CADINOL; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; THYME OIL; THYMOL; UNINDEXED DRUG; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT TAXONOMY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THYME; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; LAMIACEAE; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; PORTUGAL; THYMUS PLANT;

EID: 58849166274     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161208786404218     Document Type: Review

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