Composition and antimicrobial activity of the leaf essential oil of Litsea nakaii from Taiwan

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 865-868

  Ho, Chen Lung ^a,b   Wang, Eugene I Chen ^a   Lee, Pei Yeh ^a   Su, Yu Chang ^b  

^a TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Essential oil composition; Lauraceae; Litsea nakaii; humulene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA MUUROLENE; DELTA CADINENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAMMA MUUROLENE; GENTAMICIN; HUMULENE; HYDROCARBON; NYSTATIN; OCIMENE; SESQUITERPENE; T CADINOL; TERPENE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; LITSEA LAEVIGATA; LITSEA NAKAII; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TAIWAN; TETRATAENIUM LASIOPETALUM; TETRATAENIUM NEPHROPHYLLUM; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; LITSEA;

LAURACEAE; LITSEA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; LITSEA; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS; TAIWAN;

EID: 69849102160     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0900400626     Document Type: Article

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