Terpenoid composition and antifungal activity of three commercially important essential oils against Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus niger

Natural Product Research

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 1993-1998

  Bisht, Deepa ^a   Pal, Anirban ^b   Chanotiya, C S ^b   Mishra, Dhirendra ^a   Pandey, K N ^a  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

(E) cinnamaldehyde; (Z) asarone; Acorus calamus; antifungal activity; Cinnamomum tamala; Origanum vulgare; thymol

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ASARONE; CARVACROL; CINNAMALDEHYDE; CINNAMYL ACETATE; ELEMICIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; ISOELEMICIN; KESSANE; LINALOOL; METHYL ISOEUGENOL; OCIMENE; PARA CYMENE; TERPENE; TERPENOID; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACORUS CALAMUS; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CINNAMOMUM; CINNAMOMUM TAMALA; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF;

ACORUS; ACROLEIN; ANISOLES; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CINNAMOMUM; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; ORIGANUM; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; TERPENES;

EID: 84857182564     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2010.521926     Document Type: Article

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