Isolation, characterization and evaluation of antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity of estragole, obtained from the essential oil of croton zehntneri (euphorbiaceae)

Croton zehntneri (Euphorbiaceae) is a native aromatic plant from Northeast region of Brazil. The monoterpenoid estragole (ESL) has been isolated by classical chromatographic methods from the essential oil (EO) of C. zehnteneri leaves and characterized by GC-FID and GC-MS, its antimicrobial and cytot...

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Main Authors: THALLITA C.B. ANDRADE, SIDNEY G. DE LIMA, RIVELILSON M. FREITAS, MÁRCIO S. ROCHA, TOREQUL ISLAM, TERESINHA G. DA SILVA, GARDENIA C.G. MILITÃO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2015-03-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652015000100173&lng=en&tlng=en