Citral and carvone chemotypes from the essential oils of Colombian Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Brown: composition, cytotoxicity and antifungal activity

Citral and carvone chemotypes from the essential oils of Colombian Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Brown: composition, cytotoxicity and antifungal activity

Two essential oils of Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Brown (Verbenacea), the carvone and citral chemotypes and 15 of their compounds were evaluated to determine cytotoxicity and antifungal activity. Cytotoxicity assays for both the citral and carvone chemotypes were carried out with tetrazolium-dye, which...

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Main Authors: Ana Cecilia Mesa-Arango, Jehidys Montiel-Ramos, Bibiana Zapata, Camilo Durán, Liliana Betancur-Galvis, Elena Stashenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2009-09-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Lippia alba
essential oil
antifungal activity
cytotoxicity
monoterpenes
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762009000600010

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