Determination of isopropylmethylphenols in black seed oil by differential pulse voltammetry

Phytochemical Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 320-324

  Michelitsch, Astrid ^a   Rittmannsberger, Anna ^a   Hüfner, Antje ^a   Rückert, Ulla ^a   Likussar, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Black seed oil; Carvacrol; Differential pulse voltammetry; Nigella sativa; Thymol

Indexed keywords

OILS AND FATS; POTASH; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SILVER HALIDES; VOLTAMMETRY;

BLACK SEED OIL; BLACK SEEDS; CARVACROL; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE VOLTAMMETRY; NIGELLA SATIVA; SEED OIL; THYMOL; VOLTAMMETRIC BEHAVIORS; VOLTAMMETRIC METHODS;

PHENOLS;

BUFFER; CARVACROL; ISOPROPYLMETHYLPHENOL DERIVATIVE; METHANOL; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SILVER; SILVER CHLORIDE; THYMOL; THYMOQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLACK CUMIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE VOLTAMMETRY; DRUG STRUCTURE; MARKET; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYTOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

NIGELLA; NIGELLA SATIVA;

EID: 5044232829     PISSN: 09580344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pca.785     Document Type: Article

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