Chemical analysis, antioxidant, antiinflammatory and anticholinesterase activities of Origanum ehrenbergii Boiss and Origanum syriacum L. essential oils

Food Chemistry

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 174-180

  Loizzo, Monica R ^a,e   Menichini, Federica ^a   Conforti, Filomena ^a   Tundis, Rosa ^a   Bonesi, Marco ^a   Saab, Antoine M ^b   Statti, Giancarlo A ^a   Cindio, Bruno de ^c   Houghton, Peter J ^d   Menichini, Francesco ^a   Frega, Natale Giuseppe ^e  

^a Faculty of Pharmacy   (Italy)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase and butyrilcholinesterase inhibition; Antioxidant; Essential oil; GC MS; Inhibition of NO production; Lamiaceae; O. syriacum; Origanum ehrenbergii

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CARVACROL; CHOLINESTERASE; ESSENTIAL OIL; NITRIC OXIDE; ORIGANUM EHRENBERGII BOISS ESSENTIAL OIL; ORIGANUM SYRIACUM ESSENTIAL OIL; PARA CYMENE; SCAVENGER; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION; ENZYME INHIBITION; IC 50; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; ORIGANUM EHRENBERGII BOISS; ORIGANUM SYRIACUM;

LAMIACEAE; MURINAE; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM SYRIACUM;

EID: 67349146730     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.03.095     Document Type: Article

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