The chemical composition and biological activities of essential oil from the fresh leaves of Schinus terebinthifolius from Zimbabwe

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7164-7169

  Gundidza, M ^a   Gweru, N ^a   Magwa, M L ^b   Mmbengwa, V ^c   Samie, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^c Technikon SA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant; Bacteria; Essential oil; Fungi; Schinus terebinthifolius; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; BETA CAROTENE; BETA PINENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; LINOLEIC ACID; MYRCENE; OCIMENE; PEPPER EXTRACT; PINENE; SABINENE; SCHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS EXTRACT; TERPINEN 4 OL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PEPPER; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; ZIMBABWE;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 74549189093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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