Acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity and chemical composition of commercial essential oils

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4313-4318

  Dohi, Satomi ^a   Terasaki, Masanori ^a   Makino, Masakazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

AChE inhibitory activity; Asteraceae; Contribution ratio; Essential oils; GC MS; Lamiaceae

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; LAVENDER OIL; OCIMUM OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LAVENDER; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; SYNTHESIS;

ARTEMISIA; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; EUGENOL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LAVANDULA; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA DRACUNCULUS; ASTERACEAE; DITTRICHIA GRAVEOLENS; DRACUNCULUS (ANGIOSPERM); INULA; LAMIACEAE; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; OCIMUM; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM;

EID: 66149134351     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf804013j     Document Type: Article

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