Evaluation of fruit extracts of six Turkish Juniperus species for their antioxidant, anticholinesterase and antimicrobial activities

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 867-876

  Öztürk, Mehmet ^a   Tümen, Ibrahim ^b   Uǧur, Aysel ^a   Aydoǧmuş Öztürk, Fatma ^c   Topçu, Gülaçti ^d  

^a MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BARTIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anticholinesterase activity; Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Juniperus communis subsp. nana; Juniperus excelsa; Juniperus foetidissima; Juniperus oxycedrus subsp. oxycedrus; Juniperus phoenicea; Juniperus sabina

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JUNIPERUS; METABOLISM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; FRUIT; JUNIPERUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TURKEY;

CUPRESSACEAE; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS EXCELSA; JUNIPERUS FOETIDISSIMA; JUNIPERUS NANA; JUNIPERUS OXYCEDRUS; JUNIPERUS PHOENICEA; JUNIPERUS SABINA;

EID: 79952321157     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4258     Document Type: Article

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