Antioxidant properties of essential oils from Mentha species evidenced by electrochemical methods

Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 372-382

  Goncalves R S ^a   Battistin, A ^b   Pauletti, G ^c   Rota, L ^c   Serafini, L A ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao Estadual de Pesquisa Agropecuaria   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Essential oils; Fe (II) chelating ability; Mentha

Indexed keywords

FERROUS ION; MENTHA CRISPA EXTRACT; MENTHA GENTILIS EXTRACT; MENTHA SPICATA EXTRACT; OXYGEN; PEPPERMINT OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE VOLTAMMETRY; DRUG DETERMINATION; ELECTRODE; IRON CHELATION; MENTHA; MENTHA GENTILIS; MENTHA PIPERITA; MENTHA SPICATA; NONHUMAN; SPEARMINT;

MENTHA; MENTHA SPICATA; MENTHA X GRACILIS; MENTHA X PIPERITA;

EID: 77149156313     PISSN: 15160572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-05722009000400004     Document Type: Article

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