Eugenol - From the remote Maluku Islands to the international market place: A review of a remarkable and versatile molecule

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 6953-6981

  Kamatou, Guy P ^a   Vermaak, Ilze ^a   Viljoen, Alvaro M ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Clove oil; Eugenia caryophyllata; Eugenol; Mechanism of action; Pharmacological activity; Syzygium aromaticum; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; EUGENOL; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGROCHEMICALS; ANALGESICS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; EUGENOL; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS;

EID: 84863001049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules17066953     Document Type: Review

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