Volatile Constituents and Antibacterial Activity of the Flower Oil of Evodia lunu-ankenda (Gaertn) Merr.

Acknowledgements

We express our sincere thanks to the director, TBGRI for laboratory facilities and the director (research), Textiles Committee, Kannitr, Kerala, India for GC/MS analysis.

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Baby Sabulal and Varughese George*

Phytochemistry Division, Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (TBGRI), Pacha-Palode, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 562, Kerala, India

Sugathan Shiburaj

Microbiology Division, Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (TBGRI), Pacha-Palode, Thiruvananthapuram -695 562, Kerala, India

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