Studies on the antioxidant activity of essential oil and different solvent extracts of Vitex agnus castus L. fruits from Turkey

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2479-2483

  Sarikurkcu, Cengiz ^a   Arisoy, Kadir ^b   Tepe, Bektas ^c   Cakir, Ahmet ^d   Abali, Gulsah ^b   Mete, Ebru ^d  

^a MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carotene; Antioxidant activity; DPPH; Essential oil; Vitex agnus castus

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALPHA TERPINYL ACETATE; BETA CAROTENE; BETA FARNESENE; CINEOLE; DICHLOROMETHANE; ESSENTIAL OIL; HEXANE; LINOLEIC ACID; METHANOL; PINENE; SABINENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS EXTRACT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; FRUIT; NONHUMAN; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; CYCLOHEXANOLS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LINOLEIC ACID; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; SESQUITERPENES; VITEX;

VITEX AGNUS-CASTUS;

EID: 69549112734     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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