The antioxidant effectiveness of thyme oil, α-tocopherol and ascorbyl palmitate on evening primrose oil oxidation

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 643-648

  Youdim, Kuresh A ^a   Damien Dorman, H J ^a   Deans, Stanley G ^a  

^a SAC Auchincruive   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Ascorbyl palmitate; Autoxidation; Labiatae; Thyme oil; Thymus vulgaris; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001763680     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.1999.9701231     Document Type: Article

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