Radical scavenging and antimicrobial activities of Croton zehntneri, Pterodon emarginatus and Schinopsis brasiliensis essential oils and their major constituents: Estragole, trans -anethole, β-caryophyllene and myrcene

Natural Product Research

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 939-946

  Donati, Maddalena ^a   Mondin, Andrea ^a   Chen, Zheng ^a   Miranda, Fabricio Mendes ^b   Do Nascimento, Baraquizio Braga ^b   Schirato, Giulia ^a   Pastore, Paolo ^a   Froldi, Guglielmina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO SUDOESTE DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian plants; Candida parapsilosis; DPPH; essential oils; ORAC

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; ANETHOLE; ANISOLE DERIVATIVE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARYOPHYLLENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; ESTRAGOLE; MYRCENE; SCAVENGER; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE;

ANACARDIACEAE; CANDIDA; CHEMISTRY; CROTON; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FABACEAE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ALKENES; ANACARDIACEAE; ANISOLES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CROTON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FABACEAE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SESQUITERPENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84937511296     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2014.964709     Document Type: Article

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