Antioxidant and antimutagenic activities of the essential oil and methanol extract from Tunisian Nigella sativa L. (Ranunculaceae)

Italian Journal of Food Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-201

  Bourgou, S ^a   Ksouri, R ^a   Skandrani, I ^b   Chekir Ghedira, L ^b   Marzouk, B ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

^b Pharmacy Faculty   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antimutagenic activity; Antioxidant activity; Chemical composition; Essential oil; GC MS; Methanol extract; Nigella sativa L. Seeds; Ranunculaceae; RP HPLC

Indexed keywords

NIGELLA SATIVA; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 49749095700     PISSN: 11201770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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