Compositional variation of the essential oils of Artemisia afra Jacq. from three provinces in South Africa - A case study of its safety

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 849-852

  Oyedeji, Adebola O ^a   Afolayan, Anthony J ^b   Hutchings, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

1,8 cineole; Artemisia afra; Camphor; Essential oil; and thujone

Indexed keywords

ABSINTHOL; ARMOISE; ARTEMISIA AFRA EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA ANNUA EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA MARITIMA EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA VESTITA EXTRACT; BETA THUYONE; CAMPHOR; CINEOLE; DAVANA; ESSENTIAL OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WORMWOOD; BETA-THUJONE; TERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTEMISIA DRACUNCULUS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SAFETY; SOUTH AFRICA; ARTEMISIA; CHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA AFRA; DRYOBALANOPS;

ARTEMISIA; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 69849108810     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0900400622     Document Type: Article

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