Caryophyllene-rich essential oil of Didymocarpus tomentosa: Chemical composition and cytotoxic activity

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1535-1538

  Gowda, Prameela Javarayi ^a   Ramakrishnaiah, Hanumanthaiah ^a   Krishna, Venkatarangaiah ^b   Narra, Sivakrishna ^c   Jagannath, Nataraj ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT SCIENCE COLLEGE   (India)

^b KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic activity; Didymocarpus tomentosa; Essential oil; GC FID; GC MS; Sesquiterpenes; Caryophyllene

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLCYCLOPENTANOL; 1 OCTENE 3 OL; 2 HEPTANONE; AGARUSPIROL; ALPHA SELINENE; BETA CHAMIGRENE; BETA ELEMENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CIS CARYOPHYLLENE; CYCLOHEXANE; DIDYMOCARPUS TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; ELEMOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAMMA CADINENE; GAMMA EUDESMOL; GERMACRENE D; HUMULENE; OCTAYL ACETATE; PLANT EXTRACT; SELINENE; SESQUITERPENE; SPATHULENOL; TERPENE; TERPINENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERIDIFLOROL;

ANTIDIURESIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYTOTOXICITY; CYTOTOXICITY ACTIVITY; DIDYMOCARPUS TOMENTOSA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HELA CELL; HYDRODISTILLATION; IC 50; LC 50; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

EID: 84869779523     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1200701131     Document Type: Article

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