Phytochemical composition, anti-inflammatory and antitumour activities of four Teucrium essential oils from Greece

Food Chemistry

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 679-686

  Menichini, Federica ^a   Conforti, Filomena ^b   Rigano, Daniela ^c   Formisano, Carmen ^c   Piozzi, Franco ^d   Senatore, Felice ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory activity; Cytotoxicity; Essential oil; Lamiaceae; Sesquiterpene; Teucrium brevifolium; Teucrium flavum; Teucrium montbretii ssp. heliotropiifolium; Teucrium polium ssp. capitatum

Indexed keywords

EID: 61549127246     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.12.067     Document Type: Article

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