Essential oil composition and variability of Laurus nobilis L. growing in Tunisia, comparison and chemometric investigation of different plant organs

Natural Product Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 343-354

  Marzouki, H ^a   Piras, A ^b   Salah, K Bel Haj ^c   Medini, H ^c   Pivetta, T ^b   Bouzid, S ^a   Marongiu, B ^b   Falconieri, D ^d  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^d Istituto Tecnico Industriale M   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Chemical variability; Essential oil; Laurus nobilis L.

Indexed keywords

5 ISOCEDRANOL; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALPHA CADINOL; ALPHA TERPINYL ACETATE; BETA LONGIPINENE; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; BORNYL ACETATE; CAMPHENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CINEOLE; DELTA2 CARENE; ELEMICIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; GENTAMICIN; GERMACRENE D; LINALOOL; METHYLEUGENOL; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; SABINENE; SPATHULENOL; TERPENOID; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TERPENE; TERPINYL ACETATE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BUD; CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTILLATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRY WEIGHT; FLOWER; LAURUS; LAURUS NOBILIS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; TUNISIA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

LAURUS NOBILIS;

CYCLOHEXANOLS; EUGENOL; FLOWERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LAURUS; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TERPENES; TUNISIA;

EID: 65549169621     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786410802076200     Document Type: Article

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