Chemistry and biology of essential oils of genus boswellia

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hussain, Hidayat ^a   Al Harrasi, Ahmed ^a   Al Rawahi, Ahmed ^a   Hussain, Javid ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIZWA   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSINTHOL; ALPHA THUJENE; ANETHOLE; BETA ELEMENE; BETA THUYONE; BORNYL ACETATE; BOURBONENE; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CEMBRENE A; CITRONELLOL; COPAENE; DECANOL; ELEMOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; ESTRAGOLE; EUDESMOL; GAMMA CADINENE; GERANIOL; ISOMENTHONE; LIMONENE; MENTHONE; MYRCENE; NEROLIDOL; PARA CYMENE; PIPERITONE; PYRIMIDINE; SABINENE; TERPINOLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AFRICA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AYURVEDA; BOSWELLIA; BOSWELLIA SACRA; BOSWELLIA SERRATA; CHINA; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84875441569     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/140509     Document Type: Review

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