Analyses of the volatile constituents and antimicrobial activities of gongronema latifolium (benth.) and gnetum africanum l

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 324-329

  Edet, Utibeabasi U ^a   Ehiabhi, Okahale S ^a   Ogunwande, Isiaka A ^a   Walker, Tameka M ^b   Schmidt, Jennifer M ^b   Setzer, William N ^b   Ogunbinu, Akinola O ^a   Ekundayo, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b University of Alabama in Huntsville ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

(E) phytol; E. coli; Gnetum africanum L; Gongronema latifolium (Benth.); Lina lool; Volatile oil; caryophyllene

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755138739     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2005.10643460     Document Type: Article

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