Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of the essential oil of Baccharis latifolia pers. and B. prunifolia H. B. &K. (asteraceae)

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1245-1248

  Rojas, Janne ^a   Velasco, Judith ^a   Rojas, Luis B ^a   Díaz, Tulia ^a   Carmona, Juan ^a   Morales, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Asteraceae; B. prunifolia; Baccharis latifolia; Essential oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954149650     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0700201211     Document Type: Article

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