Chemical composition and anti-inflammatory activity of the essential oils of Psidium guajava fruits and leaves

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 475-481

  El Ahmady, Sherweit H ^a   Ashour, Mohamed L ^a,b   Wink, Michael ^b  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

biological activity; chemical composition; cytotoxicity; essential oil; molecular docking; Psidium guajava

Indexed keywords

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CARCINOMA CELLS; CARYOPHYLLENE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; GAS-LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR DOCKING; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA; RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY;

ASSAYS; BIOACTIVITY; CYTOTOXICITY; FRUITS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

MYRTACEAE; PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 84886589472     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2013.796498     Document Type: Article

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