The chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the leaf oil of Cupressus lusitanica from Monteverde, Costa Rica

Pharmacognosy Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-21

  Hassanzadeh, Sara L ^a   Tuten, Jessika A ^a   Vogler, Bernhard ^a   Setzer, William N ^a  

^a University of Alabama in Huntsville ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

pinene; 5 diene; Antimicrobial; Cis muurola 4(14); Composition; Cupressus lusitanica; Essential oil; Isobornyl acetate; Limonene

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ESSENTIAL OIL; ISOBORNYLACETATE; LIMONENE; MUUROLA 4(14), 5 DIENE; PINENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS CEREUS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; CUPRESSUS LUSITANICA; DISTILLATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF;

EID: 77953444306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.60585     Document Type: Article

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