Chemical variability, antifungal and antioxidant activity of Eucalyptus camaldulensis essential oil from Sardinia

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 329-335

  Barra, Andrea ^a   Coroneo, Valentina ^a   Dessi, Sandro ^a   Cabras, Paolo ^a   Angioni, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antifungal and antioxidant activity; Chemical variation; Essential oil; Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; BETA PHELLANDRENE; CINEOLE; CRYPTONE; ESSENTIAL OIL; PARA CYMENE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SPATHULENOL; TROLOX C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; PICRIC ACID; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DISTILLATION; DRUG ISOLATION; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH INHIBITION; ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETRY; ITALY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EUCALYPTUS; FUNGUS;

EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; FUNGI;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; EUCALYPTUS; FUNGI; ITALY; OILS, VOLATILE; PICRATES; PLANT OILS;

EID: 77951909063     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1000500232     Document Type: Article

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