Chemical composition, antimicrobial properties and toxicity evaluation of the essential oil of Cupressus lusitanica Mill. leaves from Cameroon

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Teke, Gerald Ngo ^a   Elisée, Kemadjou Nana ^b   Roger, Kuiate Jules ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMENDA   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Chemical composition; Cupressus lusitanica; Essential oil; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CIS CALAMENENE; CUPRESSUS LUSITANICA LEAF EXTRACT; EPI ZONARENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERMACRENE D; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LINALOOL; TERPINEN 4 OL; UMBELLULONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION CHROMATOGRAPHY; AGAR DIFFUSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD CELL; CAMEROON; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS LUSITANICA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; HYDRODISTILLATION; LD 50; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CAMEROON; CANDIDA; CUPRESSUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84878818552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-130     Document Type: Article

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