Chemical composition and possible in vitro antigermination activity of three Hypericum essential oils

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1735-1738

  Marandino, Aurelio ^a   De Martino, Laura ^a   Mancini, Emilia ^a   Milella, Luigi ^b   De Feo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Essential oils; Hypericum; Phytotoxic activity

Indexed keywords

BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CARVEOL; CARVONE; CINEOLE; COPAENE; DECANE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERANIOL; GERMACRENE D; HUMULENE; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; NONANE; OCTANE; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; TERPINOLENE; THYMOL; TRIDECANE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERBENONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERMINATION; HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM HIRCINUM; HYPERICUM PERFOLIATUM; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; IN VITRO STUDY; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; RADISH;

EID: 82455184335     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1100601141     Document Type: Article

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