Antioxidant and antimutagenic activities of Mexican oregano (Lippia graveolens Kunth)

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-5

  Martínez Rocha, Ariadna ^a   Puga, Rosa ^a   Hernández Sandoval, Luis ^a   Loarca Piña, Guadalupe ^a   Mendoza, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antimutagenic; Antioxidant; Lippia; Mexican oregano

Indexed keywords

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; DIPHENYL P PICRYLHYDRAZYL; DIPHENYL-P-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; FLAVONOID; HYDRAZINE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPPIA; METHODOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HYDRAZINES; LIPPIA; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS;

LIPPIA; LIPPIA GRAVEOLENS; ORIGANUM;

EID: 38549122459     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-007-0061-9     Document Type: Article

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