Radical scavenging and antibacterial properties of the extracts from different Thymus pulegioides L. chemotypes

Food Chemistry

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 546-559

  Ložiene, Kristina ^a   Venskutonis, Petras R ^b   Šipailiene, Aušra ^b   Labokas, Juozas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Lithuania)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

ABTS; Antibacterial activity; Antioxidant activity; Chemotypes; DPPH; Thymus pulegioides L.

Indexed keywords

3 CARENE; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ALPHA THUJENE; BETA CITRAL; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CARVACROL; CITRAL; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL; GERANIOL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; NATURAL PRODUCT; OCIMENE; PARA CYMENE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; SABINENE; SCAVENGER; TERPINENE; TERPINOLENE; THYME OIL; THYMOL; THYMUS PULEGIOIDES EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LITHUANIA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; THYME; THYMUS PULEGIOIDES;

BACILLUS CEREUS; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; THYMUS PULEGIOIDES; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 33846905687     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2006.08.027     Document Type: Article

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