Antifungal activity of citrus essential oils

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 3011-3033

  Jing, Li ^a,b,c   Lei, Zhentian ^c   Li, Ligai ^a,b   Xie, Rangjin ^a   Xi, Wanpeng ^a,b   Guan, Yu ^d   Sumner, Lloyd W ^c   Zhou, Zhiqin ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^d Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

antifungal activities; applications; citrus essential oils (CEOs); mechanism of action

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; FUNGI; OILS AND FATS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ESSENTIAL OILS; MONOTERPENES; OIL SHALE;

ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; BIOACTIVE COMPONENTS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; MECHANISM OF ACTION; MONOTERPENE HYDROCARBONS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; POTENTIAL MECHANISM;

ESSENTIAL OILS; FUNGI;

CITRUS;

EID: 84898013947     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf5006148     Document Type: Review

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