Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil from croton heterocalyx Baill. (Euphorbiaceae s.s.) Leaves

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 190-192

  Moreno, Paulo Roberto H ^a   Lima, Marcos Enoque Leite ^a   Caruzo, Maria Beatriz Rossi ^a   Torres, Daniela Santos Carneiro ^b   Cordeiro, Inês ^c   Young, Maria Cláudia Marx ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b niversidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia   (Brazil)

^c Pós graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Bicyclogermacrene; Croton heterocalyx; Essential oil composition; Euphorbiaceae; Germacrene D

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BICYCLOGERMACRENE; CROTON HETEROCALYX; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; EUPHORBIACEAE; GERMACRENE D;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 63549127500     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2009.9700144     Document Type: Article

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