Comparative chemical composition, antioxidant and hypoglycaemic activities of Juniperus oxycedrus ssp. oxycedrus L. berry and wood oils from Lebanon

Food Chemistry

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 572-578

  Loizzo, Monica R ^a   Tundis, Rosa ^a   Conforti, Filomena ^a   Saab, Antoine M ^b   Statti, Giancarlo A ^a   Menichini, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Chemical composition; Essential oil; Hypoglycaemic activity; Juniperus oxycedrus ssp. oxycedrus L. (Cupressaceae)

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALPHA MUUROLENE; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; AMYLASE; DELTA CADINENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; LIMONENE; MYRCENE; PINENE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BERRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISTILLATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; JUNIPERUS OXYCEDRUS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; WOOD;

CUPRESSACEAE; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OXYCEDRUS;

EID: 34447261425     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.04.015     Document Type: Article

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