Synergistic and antagonistic interactions of essential oils on the biological activities of the solvent extracts from three Salvia species

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1111-1115

  Kamatou, Guy P P ^a,b   Van Zyl, Robyn L ^a   Davids, Hajierah ^a   Van Vuuren, Sandy F ^a   Viljoen, Alvaro M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological activities; Essential oil; S. africana lutea; S. lanceolata; Salvia africana caerulea; Solvent extract

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; SALVIA AFRICANA CAERULEA EXTRACT; SALVIA AFRICANA LUTEA EXTRACT; SALVIA LANCEOLATA EXTRACT; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; DRUG SCREENING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; SALVIA; SALVIA AFRICANA CAERULEA; SALVIA AFRICANA LUTEA; SALVIA LANCEOLATA; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SALVIA; SALVIA AFRICANA-CAERULEA;

EID: 67949120865     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0800300714     Document Type: Article

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