Identification of a naturally occurring 2, 6-bis (1.1-dimethylethyl)-4- methylphenol from purple leaves of the halophyte plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1136-1139

  Bouftira, I ^a,b   Abdelly, C ^b   Sfar, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; BHT; DPPH; GC MS; HPLC

Indexed keywords

2,6 BIS(1.1 DIMETHYLETHYL) 4 METHYLPHENOL; ANTIOXIDANT; CRESOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HALOPHYTE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MESEMBRYANTHEMUM; MESEMBRYANTHEMUM CRYSTALLINUM;

MESEMBRYANTHEMUM CRYSTALLINUM;

EID: 34248347408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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