Chemical composition, antiradical and antifungal activities of essential oil of the leaves of cinnamomum zeylanicum blume from Cameroon

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1287-1290

  Jazet Dongmo, Pierre M ^a   Tatsadjieu, Léopold N ^a   Tchoumbougnang, François ^b   Sameza, Modeste L ^b   Dongnio, Bernadin Ndongson ^a   Amvam Zollo, Paul H ^a   Menut, Chantal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NGAOUNDERE   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^c UMR 5032   (France)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Antiradical activity; Chemical composition; Cinnamomum zeylanicum; Eugenol; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898760846     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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