Essential oils of Origanum vulgare L. subsp. glandulosum (Desf.) Ietswaart from Tunisia: Chemical composition and antioxidant activity

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1745-1749

  Mechergui, Kaouther ^a,b   Coelho, José A ^c   Serra, Maria C ^c   Lamine, Sassia B ^a   Boukhchina, Sadok ^a   Khouja, Mohamed L ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Essential oil; Lamiaceae; Origanum glandulosum; P cymene chemotype; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE;

EID: 77954417144     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4011     Document Type: Article

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