Chemical constituents, antifungal and antioxidative effects of ajwain essentials oil and its acetone extract

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3292-3296

  Singh, Gurdip ^a   Maurya, Sumitra ^a   Catalan, C ^b   De Lampasona, M P ^b  

^a D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acetone extract; Antifungal; Antioxidant; Aspergillus; Fusarium; Penicillium; Thymol; Trachyspermum ammi (L)

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; AJWAIN ESSENTIAL OIL; BETA PINENE; BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE; BUTYLCRESOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; LINOLEIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; TERPINENE; TERPININ 4 OL; THYMOL; THYMOQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLENE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CURVULARIA LUNATA; DOSE RESPONSE; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; FUSARIUM MONOLIFORME; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HERB; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CITRIUM; PENICILLIUM MADRITI; PENICILLIUM VIRIDICATUM; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI;

ACETONE; ANTIOXIDANTS; APIACEAE; FUNGI; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS;

AMMI; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; COCHLIOBOLUS LUNATUS; CURVULARIA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM MADRITI; PENICILLIUM VIRIDICATUM; TRACHYSPERMUM; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI;

EID: 2542444789     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf035211c     Document Type: Article

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