Chemical composition and antifungal activity of essential oils from Ocimum species

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 267-271

  Vieira, Priscila R N ^a   De Morais, Selene M ^a   Bezerra, Francisco H Q ^a   Travassos, Pablito Augusto ^a   Oliveira, Írvila R ^b   Silva, Maria Goretti V ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Candida spp.; Ocimum spp.

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; DRUG PRODUCTS; MONOTERPENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); VALUE ENGINEERING; YEAST;

ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIES; ANTIFUNGAL COMPOUNDS; BROTH MICRODILUTION METHOD; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA SPP; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; OCIMUM SPP;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG; ESSENTIAL OIL; FUNGUS; HERB; LEAF; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84896112793     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.02.032     Document Type: Article

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