Chemical constituents of the essential oil from Syzygium cordatum (Myrtaceae)

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2741-2745

  Chalannavar, Raju K ^a   Baijnath, Himansu ^a,b   Odhav, Bharti ^a  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

2,3 butanediol diacetate; 6,10,14 trimethylpentadecane 2 one; Essential oil composition; Syzygium cordatum

Indexed keywords

1,1 ETHANEDIOL DIACETATE; 1,1,2 TRICHLOROPROPANE; 1,3 DIOXAN 4 ONE; 2 HEPTANONE; 2 PROPENYLHYDRAZINE; 2,3 BUTANEDIOL DIACETATE; 2,3 DIMETHYL OXIRANE; 2,4 DIMETHYL 3 PENTANOL ACETATE; 3 DECANONE; 3 HEPTANOL; 3 HEXANOL; 3,6 DIMETHYL 3 HEPTANOL; 4 (ACETYLOXY) 2 BUTANONE; 4 METHYLTHIAZOLE; 5 METHYL 3 HEPTEN 2 ONE; 5 UNDECANONE; 6,10,14 TRIMETHYLPENTADECANE 2 ONE; ACETONYLACETONE; ACETURIC ACID; ACETYLACETONE; ESSENTIAL OIL; ETHANE; ETHYLENE MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; ISOPENTYLOXYETHYL ACETATE; N HEXADECANOIC ACID; N,N,N',N' TETRAACETYLETHYLENEDIAMINE; SILANE; TOLUENE; TRIACETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRUG DETERMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MYRTACEAE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SYZYGIUM CORDATUM;

MYRTACEAE; SYZYGIUM CORDATUM;

EID: 79954495234     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb10.1932     Document Type: Article

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