Composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil from leaves of Curcuma longa L. Kasur variety

Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 117-122

  Parveen, Z ^a   Nawaz, S ^a   Siddique, S ^a   Shahzad, K ^a  

^a PCSIR LABORATORIES COMPLEX   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial effects; Curcuma longa L; essential oil; gas chromatography mass spectrometry; hydro distillation; leaves

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLISOBORNEOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ASCARIDOLE; BETA PHELLANDRENE; BETA PINENE; CINEOLE; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; LIMONENE; PINENE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FICUUM; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CURCUMA LONGA; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HYDRODISTILLATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PLANT LEAF; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84879655550     PISSN: 0250474X     EISSN: 19983743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0250-474X.113544     Document Type: Article

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