Composition and radical-scavenging activity of Thymus glabrescens Willd. (Lamiaceae) essential oil

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2036-2041

  Maksimović, Zoran ^a   Stojanović, Danilo ^a   Šoštarić, Ivan ^a   Dajić, Zora ^a   Ristić, Mihailo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Institute for Medicinal Plants Research   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; DPPH radical scavenging activity; Essential oil; Thymol; Thymus glabrescens

Indexed keywords

LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; THYMUS (THYME);

EID: 49649091061     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3311     Document Type: Article

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