Comparison of antioxidant and free radical scavenging activities of the essential oils from flowers and fruits of Otostegia persica Boiss.

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 3895-3899

  Sharififar, Fariba ^a   Mozaffarian, Valiolah ^b   Moradkhani, Shirin ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTS AND RANGELANDS   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Essential oil; Free radical; GC MS; Lamiaceae; Otostegia persica

Indexed keywords

LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; OTOSTEGIA;

EID: 36849049201     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.3895.3899     Document Type: Article

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