DPPH free-radical scavenging activity, total phenolic contents and chemical composition analysis of forty-two kinds of essential oils

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Lin, Chia Wen ^a   Yu, Chia Wen ^a   Wu, Sung Chuan ^a   Yih, Kuang Hway ^a  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

DPPH free radical scavenging activity; Essential oil; Photochemiluminescence; Total phenolic contents

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 3 CARENE; ANTIOXIDANT; BORNEOL; CAMPHOR; CARVACROL; CINEOLE; LIMONENE; PARA CYMENE; SCAVENGER; TERPINENE; THYMOL;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; OREGANO; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

CINNAMOMUM VERUM; ORIGANUM; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 74949085740     PISSN: 10219498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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