A simple differential pulse polarographic method for the determination of thymoquinone in black seed oil

Phytochemical Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 224-227

  Michelitsch, Astrid ^a   Rittmannsberger, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Black seed oil; Differential pulse polarography; Nigella sativa; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; OILS AND FATS; SILVER HALIDES;

BLACK SEED OIL; BLACK SEEDS; BUFFER SYSTEM; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE POLAROGRAPHIC METHODS; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE POLAROGRAPHY; NIGELLA SATIVA; PH RANGE; SEED OIL; SIMPLE++; THYMOQUINONE;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

APOFIT; BUFFER; EMBAMED; MERCURY; METHANOL; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; SILVER; SILVER CHLORIDE; THYMOQUINONE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE POLAROGRAPHY; DRUG DETERMINATION; ELECTRODE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PH; PLANT SEED; REDUCTION; RELIABILITY;

NIGELLA; NIGELLA SATIVA;

EID: 0043244938     PISSN: 09580344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pca.707     Document Type: Article

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