Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of essential oil and organic extracts of cestrum nocturnum L.

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 615-624

  Al Reza, Sharif M ^a,b   Rahman, Atiqur ^b   Cho, Young Su ^c   Kang, Sun Chul ^a  

^a Daegu University   (South Korea)

^b ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c Dong A University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Cestrum nocturnum L; GC MS analyses; Total phenolics

Indexed keywords

CESTRUM; CESTRUM NOCTURNUM;

EID: 78049237738     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2010.10643871     Document Type: Article

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