Essential oil constituents of Illicium griffithii and its antimicrobial activity

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 208-211

  Saraswathy, A ^a   Shakila, R ^a   Lavanya, S ^a   Arunmozhidevi, A ^a  

^a Captain Srinivasamurthy Drug Research Institute for Ayurveda Chennai   (India)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; essential oil; gas chromatography mass spectroscopy; Illicium griffithii; linalool

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL EICOSANE; 4 METHYL 6 (2 PROPENYL) 1,3 BENZODIOXOLE; ALPHA CANDINOL; ALPHA CUBENE; ALPHA GURJUNENE; ALPHA YLANGEN; BETA BOURBONEN; BETA EUDESMOL; CADINENE; CALARENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINEOLE; COPENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAMMA CANDINENE; GAMMA MUROLENE; HUMULENE; ILLICIUM GRIFFITHII EXTRACT; ISOLEDENE; LINALOOL; NEROL; NEROL ACETATE; PHELLANDRAL; PLANT EXTRACT; SAFROLE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALENCENE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT; ILLICIUM GRIFFITHII; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78049408066     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.66938     Document Type: Article

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