Antioxidant activities and fatty acid composition of wild grown myrtle (Myrtus communis L.) fruits

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 6, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 9-12

  Serce, Sedat ^a   Ercisli, Sezai ^b   Sengul, Memnune ^b   Gunduz, Kazim ^a   Orhan, Emine ^b  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Diphenylpicrylhydrazyl; Mediterranean; Myrtle

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ARACHIDIC ACID; BEHENIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; FOOD ADDITIVE; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; GALLIC ACID; LIGNOCERIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; METHANOL; NONANOIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; STEARIC ACID;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MYRTLE; WILD PLANT;

EID: 77949469670     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.59960     Document Type: Article

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