Foeniculum vulgare essential oils: Chemical composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 319-328

  Miguel, Maria Graça ^a   Cruz, Cláudia ^a   Faleiro, Leonor ^a   Simões, Mariana T F ^b   Figueiredo, Ana Cristina ^b   Barroso, José G ^b   Pedro, Luis G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biological activities; Essential oil; Foeniculum vulgare; Phtytoceuticals

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANETHOLE; ARACHIDONATE 5 LIPOXYGENASE; ESSENTIAL OIL; ESTRAGOLE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LIMONENE; NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC ACID; PINENE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; VEGETABLE OIL;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTILLATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FENNEL; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; CHEMISTRY; PLANT;

FOENICULUM VULGARE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; FOENICULUM; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT OILS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 77951907070     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1000500231     Document Type: Article

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