Chemical composition and in vitro antioxidant properties of essential oil of ricinus communis L

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1466-1470

  Kadri, Adel ^a,b   Gharsallah, Néji ^c   Damak, Mohamed ^a   Gdoura, Radhouane ^c  

^a Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b Department of Physics   (Tunisia)

^c University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Chemical composition; Essential oil; Ricinus communis

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ABSINTHOL; BETA CAROTENE; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; PINENE; RICINUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUPHORBIA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRODISTILLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RICINUS COMMUNIS; TUNISIA;

DRYOBALANOPS; EUPHORBIACEAE; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 79958009015     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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