Antifungal activity of essential oil from fruits of Indian Cuminum cyminum

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 834-838

  Romagnoli, Carlo ^a   Andreotti, Elisa ^a   Maietti, Silvia ^b   Mahendra, Rai ^c   Mares, Donatella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c SANT GADGE BABA AMRAVATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Cumin aldehyde; Fungi; GC; GC MS

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYCRYPTONE; ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE; ALPHA TERPINEN 7 AL; APIOLE; BETA FARNESENE; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; CARVACROL; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CINEOLE; CUMIN EXTRACT; DILL APIOLE; EPOXIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FENCHOL; GAMMA TERPINEN 7 AL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HEXADECANOL; PARA CUMENOL; PARA CYMEN 7 OL; PARA CYMEN 8 OL; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; DRUG ISOLATION; FRACTIONATION; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDIA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CUMINUM; FUNGI; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; TRICHOPHYTON; YEASTS;

APIACEAE; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CUMINUM CYMINUM; FUNGI; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 77954109611     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880200903283715     Document Type: Article

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