Chemical composition and biological activity of the essential oil from leaves of Moringa oleifera Lam. cultivated in Mozambique

Molecules

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 10989-11000

  Marrufo, Tatiana ^a   Nazzaro, Filomena ^b   Mancini, Emilia ^c   Fratianni, Florinda ^b   Coppola, Raffaele ^b   De Martino, Laura ^c   Agostinho, Adelaide Bela ^a   De Feo, Vincenzo ^c  

^a Centre for Research and Development in Ethnobotany CIDE   (Mozambique)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Essential oil; Moringa oleifera

Indexed keywords

2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FREE RADICAL; LUTEOLIN; PICRIC ACID; QUERCETIN; SCAVENGER; VEGETABLE OIL; 1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL;

ASPERGILLUS; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MORINGA OLEIFERA; MOZAMBIQUE; PENICILLIUM; PLANT LEAF; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LUTEOLIN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MORINGA OLEIFERA; MOZAMBIQUE; OILS, VOLATILE; PENICILLIUM; PICRATES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS; QUERCETIN;

EID: 84885092422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules180910989     Document Type: Article

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