Comparative study of the chemical composition and antioxidant activity of six essential oils and their components

Natural Product Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-151

  Yang, Seun Ah ^a   Jeon, Sang Kyung ^a   Lee, Eun Jung ^a   Shim, Chang Hyun ^b   Lee, In Seon ^a  

^a Keimyung University   (South Korea)

^b MENTech Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Essential oil; GC MS; Lipid peroxidation; Radical scavenging activity

Indexed keywords

3 CARENE; ACETONYLACETONE; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ALPHA THUJENE; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; BOSWELLIA CARTIRI OIL; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GRAPEFRUIT EXTRACT; ISOBORNEOL; ISOMENTHONE; LAVENDER OIL; LEMON OIL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; LINOLEIC ACID; MENTHOFURAN; MENTHOL; MENTHONE; PARA CYMENE; PEPPERMINT OIL; PINENE; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; SABINENE; SCAVENGER; TERPINENE; TERPINOLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BOSWELLIA; BOSWELLIA CARTERI; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; GRAPEFRUIT; LAVENDER; LAVENDER ANGUSTIFOLIA; LEMON; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MENTHA PIPERITA; NONHUMAN; ROSEMARY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OILS, VOLATILE;

BOSWELLIA SACRA; CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS X PARADISI; LAVANDULA; MENTHA X PIPERITA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 75349092377     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786410802496598     Document Type: Article

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