Bioprospecting of plant essential oils for medicinal uses

Environment and Sustainable Development

Volumn 9788132211662, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-76

  Raut, Jayant Shankar ^a   Karuppayil, Sankunny Mohan ^a  

^a SWAMI RAMANAND TEERTH MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Antibacterial; Anticancer; Antidiabetic; Antifungal; Antimicrobial; Antimutagenic; Antiprotozoal; Antiviral; Bioactive molecule; Bioprospecting; Essential oil; Medicine; Plant molecule

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907241761     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-1166-2_5     Document Type: Chapter

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