Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of extracts of helleborus bocconei ten. Subsp. Intermedins

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 675-679

  Rosselli, Sergio ^a   Maggio, Antonella ^a   Formisano, Carmen ^b   Napolitano, Francesco ^b   Senatore, Felice ^b   Spadaro, Vivienne ^a   Bruno, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

(z.z) 9; 12 octadecadienoic acid; Antibacterial activity; Extracts; Fatty acids; Helleborus bocconei subsp. intermedins; Ranunculaceae

Indexed keywords

EID: 63449122908     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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