Characterisation of the essential oil of Nepeta glomerata Montbret et Aucher ex Bentham from Lebanon and its biological activities

Natural Product Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 614-626

  Rigano, Daniela ^a   Arnold, Nelly Apostolides ^b   Conforti, Filomena ^c   Menichini, Federica ^c   Formisano, Carmen ^a   Piozzi, Franco ^d   Senatore, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b HOLY SPIRIT UNIVERSITY OF KASLIK USEK   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

anti inflammatory activity; antibacterial activity; antiproliferative activity; essential oil; Nepeta glomerata

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; ESSENTIAL OIL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NEPETA GLOMERATA EXTRACT; NITRIC OXIDE; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; SPATHULENOL; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DRUG ACTIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LEBANON; MACROPHAGE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NEPETA; NEPETA GLOMERATA; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; HUMANS; LEBANON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONOTERPENES; NEPETA; NITRIC OXIDE; OILS, VOLATILE;

NEPETA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79952777800     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2010.488623     Document Type: Article

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