Chemical and biological evaluation of the essential oil of Egyptian moldavian balm (Dracocephalum moldavica L)

International Journal of Integrative Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 202-208

  Abd El Baky, Hanaa H ^a   El Baroty, Gamal S ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Bioautography method; Dracocephalum moldavica; Essential oil; GC MS; Moldavian balm

Indexed keywords

3 OCTANOL; 3 OCTANONE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE; BUTYLCRESOL; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CITRAL; DOCOSANE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; GERANIOL; GERANYL ACETATE; GERMACRENE; ISOPULEGOL; LINALOOL; NERAL; NEROL; NEROLIDOL; NERYL ACETATE; TERPINEN 4 OL; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRACOCEPHALUM MOLDAVICA; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INHIBITION ZONE; LAMIACEAE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUCOR HIEMALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PASPALUM NOTATUM; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 77954245336     PISSN: 09738363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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