The effects of hydrodistillation and solvent free microwave extraction methods on the chemical composition and toxicity of essential oils from the leaves of mentha longifolia L. Subsp. Capensis

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 2474-2478

  Okoh, O O ^a   Afolayan, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Essential oils; Hydrodistillation; Mentha longifolia; Solvent free microwave extraction; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

3 OCTANOL; ALPHA TERPENENE; ALPHA THUJENE; BETA PINENE; BICYCLOGERMACRENE; CAMPHENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERMACRENE D; HUMULENE; ISOMENTHONE; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MENTHONE; MYRCENE; PINENE; PIPERITENONE; PULEGONE; SABINENE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; EXTRACTION; HYDRODISTILLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LETHALITY; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SOLVENT FREE MICROWAVE EXTRACTION;

EID: 84055211929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJPP11.570     Document Type: Article

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