Chemical Composition and Antifungal Activity of Essential Oils and Supercritical CO 2 Extracts of Apium nodiflorum (L.) Lag.

Mycopathologia

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-67

  Maxia, Andrea ^a   Falconieri, Danilo ^a   Piras, Alessandra ^a   Porcedda, Silvia ^a   Marongiu, Bruno ^a   Frau, Maria Assunta ^a   Gonçalves, Maria J ^b   Cabral, Célia ^b   Cavaleiro, Carlos ^b   Salgueiro, Lígia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Apium nodiflorum; Candidosis; Dermatophytosis; Essential oil

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT;

APIACEAE; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PORTUGAL; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

APIACEAE; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; ASPERGILLUS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, SUPERCRITICAL FLUID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ITALY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PORTUGAL;

APIACEAE; APIUM; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; ASPERGILLUS; HELOSCIADIUM NODIFLORUM;

EID: 84862015778     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-011-9519-2     Document Type: Article

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