Chemical analysis and biological activity of the essential oils of two endemic soqotri commiphora species

Molecules

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 689-698

  Mothana, Ramzi A ^a,b   Al Rehaily, Adnan J ^a   Schultze, Wulf ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Commiphora ornifolia; Commiphora parvifolia; Essential oil; Soqotra; Yemen

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ESSENTIAL OIL; SCAVENGER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; COMMIPHORA; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; COMMIPHORA; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FUNGI; GEOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE;

EID: 77649218750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules15020689     Document Type: Article

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