Chemical composition and biological evaluation of the essential oil of Commiphora opobalsamum L.

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 111-121

  Al Massarany, Shaza M ^a   Abbas, Fawkeya A ^a   Demirci, Betul ^b   Baser, Kemal H C ^b   Khan, Shabana I ^c   Al Rehaily, Adnan J ^a   Mossa, Jaber S ^a   Abourashed, Ehab A ^d  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d ElSohly Laboratories Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Antitumor; DPPH; GC MS; Medicinal plant; Terpenes

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2 NONANOL; 3 HEXENYL HEXANOIC ACID; 3 NONANOL; 4 MENTH 2 EN 1 OL; 4 NONANOL; 6 METHYL 3,5 HEPTADIEN 2 ONE; ALPHA CADINOL; ALPHA CUBEBENE; ALPHA GURJUNENE; BENZALDEHYDE; BETA CUBEBENE; BETA ELEMENE; BOURBONENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; COPAENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FURANOID; GAMMA GURJUNENE; HUMULENE; LINALOOL; NONANOL; OCTANOL; SABINAKETONE; SCAVENGER; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINEOL; UMBELLULONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZONARENE;

ANGIOSPERM; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ESSENTIAL OIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DUCT; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMMIPHORA; COMMIPHORA OPOBALSAMUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOTOXICITY; DISTILLATION; FLOWERING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELANOMA CELL; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CARCINOMA; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; SAMPLE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TUMOR CELL LINE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; COMMIPHORA OPOBALSAMUM; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 67650269887     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: 15403580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10496470801946133     Document Type: Article

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