The ethnobotany, leaf anatomy, essential oil variation and biological activity of Pteronia incana (Asteraceae)

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 668-675

  Hulley, I M ^a   Viljoen, A M ^b   Tilney, P M ^a   Van Vuuren, S F ^c   Kamatou, G P P ^b   Van Wyk, B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Essential oil; Ethnobotany; Leaf anatomy; MIC values; Pteronia incana

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOACTIVITY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; DISEASE TREATMENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; ETHNOBOTANY; INHIBITION; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; TRICHOME;

ASTERACEAE; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PTERONIA; PTERONIA DIVARICATA; PTERONIA INCANA;

EID: 78049285691     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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