Essential oil of the leaves of Eugenia uniflora L.: Antioxidant and antimicrobial properties

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2668-2674

  Victoria, Francine Novack ^a   Lenardão, Eder João ^a   Savegnago, Lucielli ^a   Perin, Gelson ^a   Jacob, Raquel Guimarães ^a   Alves, Diego ^a   Silva, Wladimir Padilha da ^a   Motta, Amanda de Souza da ^b   Nascente, Patricia da Silva ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Essential oil; Eugenia uniflora

Indexed keywords

BETA CARIOPHYLIENE; CURZERENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERMACRENE A; GERMACRENE B; GERMACRENE D; SELINE 1,3,7 TRIENE 8 ONE; SELINE 1,3,7 TRIENE 8 ONE OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FATALITY; EUGENIA; EUGENIA UNIFLORA; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; PLANT LEAF; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CANDIDA; EUGENIA; LETHAL DOSE 50; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CANDIDA; EUGENIA UNIFLORA; FUNGI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84862673261     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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