Volatile composition and antimicrobial activity of twenty commercial frankincense essential oil samples

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 686-691

  Van Vuuren, S F ^a   Kamatou, G P P ^b   Viljoen, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Boswellia spp.; Essential oil; Gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC MS)

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOCONTROL AGENT; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DICOTYLEDON; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INHIBITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODOR; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RESIN; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BOSWELLIA; BOSWELLIA SACRA; BURSERACEAE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEUS VULGARIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78049245314     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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