Biological activities of extracts of plants grown in Portugal

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 338-343

  Albano, Sílvia M ^a   Miguel, Maria G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory activity; Antioxidant activity; Apiaceae; Asteraceae; Extracts; Lamiaceae

Indexed keywords

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES; APIACEAE; ASTERACEAE; EXTRACTS; LAMIACEAE;

ESSENTIAL OILS; OXYGEN; PHENOLS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOACTIVITY; DICOTYLEDON; DISEASE CONTROL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HERB; INHIBITION; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLVENT; SPICE;

PORTUGAL;

APIACEAE; APIALES; ASTERACEAE; DITTRICHIA VISCOSA; FOENICULUM VULGARE; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; THYMBRA CAPITATA; THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS CAMPHORATUS; THYMUS CARNOSUS; THYMUS MASTICHINA;

EID: 78651520701     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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