Composition and evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Senecio selloi Spreng DC.

The essential oil of the aerial parts of Senecio selloi Spreng. DC. was extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC/MS. Nineteen compounds were identified, representing 99.9% of the total. The main compounds were found to be sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (71.3%), most of them with a bisabolane sk...

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Main Authors: G.N.S. Silva, T.B. Spader, S.H. Alves, C.A. Mallmann, B.M. Heinzmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista 2013-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais
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