Antioxidant activities of eleven Australian essential oils

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 837-842

  Zhao, Qian ^a   Bowles, Esther Joy ^b   Zhang, Hong Yu ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Good Scents   (Australia)

Author keywords

ABTS assay; Antioxidant activity; DPPH assay; Essential oils

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANISEED MYRTLE OIL; AUSTRALIAN BLUE CYPRESS OIL; AUSTRALIAN NEROLINA OIL; AUSTRALIAN NIAOULI OIL; AUSTRALIAN SANDALWOOD OIL; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS OIL; LEMON SCENTED EUCALYPTUS OIL; LEMON SCENTED IRONBARK OIL; LEMON SCENTED TEA TREE OIL; NARROW LEAVED PEPPERMINT OIL; ROSALINA OIL; SCAVENGER; TEA TREE OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUCALYPTUS; IC 50; LEMON; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYRTLE; NONHUMAN;

CALLITRIS INTRATROPICA; CITRUS LIMON; CORYMBIA CITRIODORA; CUPRESSUS; EUCALYPTUS; LEPTOSPERMUM PETERSONII; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA;

EID: 64549146461     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0800300531     Document Type: Article

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