Essential oil composition and antioxidant activity of Thymus longicaulis C. Presl subsp. longicaulis var. longicaulis

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1801-1805

  Sarikurkcu, Cengiz ^a   Sabih Ozer, M ^b   Eskici, Mustafa ^b   Tepe, Bektas ^c   Can, Şendil ^a   Mete, Ebru ^d  

^a MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; DPPH; Essential oil; Thymus longicaulis subsp. longicaulis

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ALPHA THUJENE; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; ESSENTIAL OIL; FERROUS ION; FLAVONOID; HEXANE; LINOLEIC ACID; METHANOL; MYRCENE; OCIMENE; PARA CYMENE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; SABINENE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; TERPINOLENE; THYMOL; THYMUS LONGICAULIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WATER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHELATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRUG ISOLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; THYMUS LONGICAULIS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FLAVONOIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; IRON CHELATING AGENTS; LINOLEIC ACID; OILS, VOLATILE; OXIDANTS; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; THYMUS PLANT;

THYMUS LONGICAULIS;

EID: 77953536226     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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