Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of Pituranthos chloranthus volatile oil

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1159-1162

  Dahia, Mostepha ^a   Laouer, Hucine ^a   Chaker, Adel N ^a   Prado, Soizic ^b   Meierhenrich, Uwe J ^c   Baldovini, Nicolas ^c  

^a FERHAT ABBAS UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Apiaceae; Essential oil composition; Myristicine; Pituranthos chloranthus

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954094532     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0700201123     Document Type: Article

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