Chemical composition and biological activity of the volatile extracts of Achillea millefolium

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1527-1530

  Falconieri, Danilo ^a   Piras, Alessandra ^a   Porcedda, Silvia ^a   Marongiu, Bruno ^a   Gonçalves, Maria J ^b   Cabral, Célia ^b   Cavaleiro, Carlos ^b   Salgueiro, Ligia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Achillea millefolium L.; Antifungal activity; Essential oil

Indexed keywords

ABSINTHOL; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; ALPHA ASARONE; ALPHA SELINENE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BETA BISABOLENE; BETA PHELLANDRENE; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; CAMPHENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHRYSANTHENONE; CINEOLE; COPAENE; CUBEBOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLUCONAZOLE; GERMACRENE D; HUMULENE; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; SABINENE; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACHILLEA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRODISTILLATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM LETHAL CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SUPERCRITICAL EXTRACTION;

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 80655145963     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1100601030     Document Type: Article

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