Antioxidant and antifungal activities of essential oil of Alpinia calcarata Roscoe rhizomes

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 199-202

  Arambewela, Lakshmi S R ^a   Arawwawala, L D A Menuka ^a   Athauda, Nandakumara ^a  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Alpinia calcarata; antifungal activity; antioxidant power; essential oil

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALCOHOL; ALPHA EUDESMOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPINIA CALCARATA EXTRACT; BETA PINENE; BUTYLCRESOL; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CARATOL; CHLOROTHALONIL; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FUNGICIDE; GAMMA MUUROLENE; LIMONENE; MALONALDEHYDE; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPINIA; ALPINIA CALCARATA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLLETOTRICHUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CURVULARIA; EGG YOLK; ENZYME ASSAY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOME; SCAVENGING SYSTEM;

EID: 79952929808     PISSN: 09759476     EISSN: 09762809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-9476.72621     Document Type: Article

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