Composition and antioxidant activity of essential oil of pimento (Pimenta dioica (L) Merr.) from Jamaica

Natural Product Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-160

  Padmakumari, K P ^a   Sasidharan, Indu ^a   Sreekumar, M M ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

Author keywords

ABTS assay superoxide scavenging; DPPH; essential oil; eugenol; metal chelation; pimento

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); CARYOPHYLLENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FREE RADICAL; METHYLEUGENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PIMENTA DIOICA PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BERRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISTILLATION; DRUG ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRODISTILLATION; IC 50; JAMAICA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PIMENTA; PIMENTA DIOICA;

ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; JAMAICA; OILS, VOLATILE; PIMENTA;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; PIMENTA DIOICA;

EID: 78951471737     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2010.526606     Document Type: Article

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