Antioxidant activities of the essential oils and methanol extracts from myrtle (Myrtus communis var. italica L.) leaf, stem and flower

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1362-1370

  Aidi Wannes, Wissem ^a   Mhamdi, Baya ^a   Sriti, Jazia ^a   Ben Jemia, Mariem ^a   Ouchikh, Olfa ^a   Hamdaoui, Ghaith ^a   Kchouk, Mohamed Elyes ^a   Marzouk, Brahim ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Essential oil; Myrtus communis var. italica; Organ; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

2 HEXENAL; 3 CARENE; ALPHA THUJENE; BETA CAROTENE; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; BORNYL ACETATE; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; GERANIOL; GERANYL ACETATE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; LINOLEIC ACID; METHANOL; MYRCENE; MYRTLE EXTRACT; NEROL; PARA CYMENE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PINENE; SABINENE; SCAVENGER; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPINEOL; TERPINOLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRON CHELATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM;

FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONOTERPENES; MYRTUS; OILS, VOLATILE; PHENOLS; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT OILS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TANNINS;

MYRTUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 77951622243     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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