Antioxidant attributes of four Lamiaceae essential oils

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1315-1321

  Hussain, Abdullah Ijaz ^a,b   Anwar, Farooq ^a   Iqbal, Tahira ^a   Bhatti, Ijaz Ahmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMIACEAE; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; POGOSTEMON CABLIN; SALVIA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 79955395005     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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