Chemical composition and biological activities of essential Oil from leaf and bark of Nyctanthesarbor-tristis L. from Nepal

Open Access Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-4

  Satyal, Prabodh ^a   Paudel, Prajwal ^a   Poudel, Ambika ^b   Setzer, William N ^a  

^a University of Alabama in Huntsville ^*  (United States)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Brine shrimp lethality; Essential oil composition; Eudesmol; Nepal; Nyctanthes arbor tristis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA EUDESMOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; LINALOOL; NYCTANTHES ARBOR ESSENTIAL OIL; PHYTOL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS CEREUS; BARK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; LC 50; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; NYCTANTHES ARBOR TRISTIS; OLEACEAE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ARTEMIA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS CEREUS; NYCTANTHES ARBOR-TRISTIS;

EID: 84870323617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09747877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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