Invitro biological activities of the essential oil from the resurrection plant Myrothamnus moschatus (Baillon) Niedenzu endemic to Madagascar

Natural Product Research

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 2291-2300

  Nicoletti, Marcello ^a   Maggi, Filippo ^b   Papa, Fabrizio ^b   Vittori, Sauro ^b   Quassinti, Luana ^b   Bramucci, Massimo ^b   Lupidi, Giulio ^b   Petrelli, Dezemona ^b   Vitali, Luca A ^b   Ralaibia, Ermenegilde ^c   Rasoanaivo, Philippe ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT MALGACHE DE RECHERCHES APPLIQUÉES   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

antimicrobial; antioxidant; antiproliferative; essential oil; Myrothamnus moschatus

Indexed keywords

4 CYMEN 7 OL ACETATE; ALPHA THUJENE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA ELEMENE; BETA PINENE; CAMPHENE; CARVEOL; CARVONE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINEOLE; CUMINALDEHYDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; ISOBORNYLACETATE; LIMONENE; MYRCENE; MYRTENYL ACETATE; PARA CYMENE; PERILLA ALDEHYDE; PERILLYL ACETATE; PERILLYL ALCOHOL; PINENE; PINOCARVONE; PINOCARVYL ACETATE; SABINYL ACETATE; SELINENE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TRANS PINOCARVEOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 6,6 DIMETHYL 2 METHYLENEBICYCLO(3.1.1)HEPTAN 3 OL; 6,6-DIMETHYL-2-METHYLENEBICYCLO(3.1.1)HEPTAN-3-OL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA-SELINENE; CYTOTOXIN; TERPENE; TETRALIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMIN; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; MADAGASCAR; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYROTHAMNUS MOSCHATUS; PLANT LEAF; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ANGIOSPERM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; MYROTHAMNUS MOSCHATUS; SELAGINELLA PILIFERA;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOTOXINS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MADAGASCAR; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENES;

EID: 84868682526     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2012.665916     Document Type: Article

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