Acetylcholinesterase inhibition and antioxidant activity of essential oils from Schinus areira L. and Schinus longifolia (Lindl.) Speg

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 873-876

  Murray, Ana P ^a,b   Vela Gurovic, María S ^a,b   Rodriguez, Silvana A ^a   Murray, María G ^a,b   Ferrero, Adriana A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase inhibition; Anacardiaceae; Antioxidants; Essential oils; Schinus areira; Schinus longifolia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; AROMADENDRENE; BETA EUDESMOL; BETA PHELLANDRENE; BETA PINENE; BORNYL ACETATE; CAMPHENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; COPAENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAMMA MUUROLENE; GERMACRENE D; GUAIOL; HUMULENE; MYRCENE; OCIMENE; PINENE; SABINENE; SPATHULENOL; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; VIRIDIFLOROL; ANTIOXIDANT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENZYME INHIBITION; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; SCHINUS AREIRA; SCHINUS LONGIFOLIA; ANACARDIACEAE; CHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF;

ANACARDIACEAE; SCHINUS; SCHINUS AREIRA;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS;

EID: 69849089785     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0900400628     Document Type: Article

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