Biological, medicinal and toxicological significance of Eucalyptus leaf essential oil: a review

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 833-848

  Dhakad, Ashok K ^a   Pandey, Vijay V ^b   Beg, Sobia ^b   Rawat, Janhvi M ^b   Singh, Avtar ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

biological properties; Eucalyptus; leaf essential oil; medicinal values; phytotoxicity; repellent activities

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; EUCALYPTUS; HUMAN; PLANT LEAF;

ANIMALS; EUCALYPTUS; HUMANS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 85029218342     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.8600     Document Type: Review

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