The in vitro antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the essential oil and methanol extracts of Achillea biebersteini Afan. (Asteraceae)

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 451-456

  Sökmen, Atalay ^a   Sökmen, Münevver ^a   Daferera, Dimitra ^b   Polissiou, Moschos ^b   Candan, Ferda ^a   Ünlü, Mehmet ^a   Akpulat, H Aşan ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Achillea biebersteinii; Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Borneol; Camphor; Essential oils; Eucalyptol; GC MS; Methanol extracts; Piperitone

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACHILLEA BIEBERSTEINI EXTRACT; BORNEOL; CAMPHOR; CHRYSANTHENONE; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; METHANOL; PIPERITENONE; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACHILLEA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ACHILLEA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS;

ACHILLEA; ASTERACEAE; DRYOBALANOPS;

EID: 3343008718     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1438     Document Type: Article

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