Chemical composition and biological activities of a new essential oil chemotype of Tunisian Artemisia herba alba Asso

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 871-880

  Zouari, Sami ^a   Zouari, Nacim ^b   Fakhfakh, Nahed ^b   Bougatef, Ali ^b   Ayadi, M A ^b   Neffati, Mohamed ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES RÉGIONS ARIDES   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitory; Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Artemisia herba alba; Chemical composition; Essential oil

Indexed keywords

ABSINTHOL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARBUSCULONE DERIVATIVE; BETA PINENE; BETA THUYONE; BICYCLOGERMACRENE; BORNEOL; BORNYL ACETATE; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CHRYSANTENYL ACETATE; CINEOLE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERMACRENE D; JASMONE; LINALOOL; NEROLIDOL; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; SABINENE; SABINYL ACETATE; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; SPATHULENOL; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPINENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERBENONE; VIRIDIFLOROL;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA HERBA ALBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BLEACHING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISTILLATION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLOWER; FUNGAL STRAIN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; TUNISIA;

ARTEMISIA HERBA-ALBA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 77954057368     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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