Chemical composition and biological activity of natural extracts obtained from a Brazilian aromatic plant (Aloysia gratissima) by supercritical CO 2 and hydrodistillation

International Journal of Essential Oil Therapeutics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 172-178

  Silva, D C M N ^a,b   Meireles, M A A ^a   Brat, P ^c   Magalhaes P M ^a   Menut, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUT CHARLES GERHARDT   (France)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Aloysia gratissima; Anti inflammatory activity; Antioxidant activity; Essential oil; Supercritical fluid extraction

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALOYSIA GRATISSIMA EXTRACT; ALPHA CAMPHOLENAL; ALPHA GUAIOL; ALPHA THUJENE; BETA PINENE; CAMPHENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINEOLE; GERMACRENE D; GUAIOL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; NOPINONE; OCIMENE; OCTEN 3 OL; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; PINOCAMPHONE; PINOCARVEOL; PINOCARVONE; PLANT EXTRACT; SABINENE; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE; TERPINEOL; TERPINOLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ALOYSIA GRATISSIMA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISTILLATION; DRUG ISOLATION; HYDRODISTILLATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

EID: 39149122146     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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