A Comparative study on chemical composition and antioxidant activity of ginger (Zingiber officinale) and cumin (Cuminum cyminum)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 8231-8237

  El Ghorab, Ahmed Hassan ^a   Nauman, Muhammad ^b   Anjum, Faqir Muhammad ^b   Hussain, Shahzad ^b   Nadeem, Muhammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

antioxidants; cumin; essential oil; Ginger; phenols

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUMIN; GINGER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; CUMINUM;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CUMINUM; GINGER; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS;

CUMINUM CYMINUM; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 77954867685     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf101202x     Document Type: Article

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