Determination of antioxidant activities of various extracts and essential oil compositions of Thymus praecox subsp. skorpilii var. skorpilii

Food Chemistry

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-64

  Ozen, Tevfik ^a   Demirtas, Ibrahim ^b   Aksit, Huseyin ^b  

^a GIRESUN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Essential oils; Thymus praecox subsp. skorpilii var. skorpilii

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; AQUEOUS EXTRACTS; CHELATING ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DIFFERENT SOLVENTS; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; GALLIC ACIDS; PEROXIDATION; REDUCING POWER; SCAVENGING ACTIVITIES; SUPEROXIDES; THYMUS PRAECOX SUBSP. SKORPILII VAR. SKORPILII; TOTAL PHENOLICS; WATER EXTRACTS;

ACETONE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; FREE RADICALS; HEXANE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LINOLEIC ACID; METHANOL; MOLYBDENUM; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PHENOLS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; VALUE ENGINEERING;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; GALLIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOLYBDENUM; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN; SUPEROXIDE; THYME OIL;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REDUCTION; THYME; THYMUS PRAECOX;

THYMUS PRAECOX;

EID: 77955282118     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.05.103     Document Type: Article

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