Chemical constituents and biological studies of Origanum vulgare Linn.

Pharmacognosy Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-145

  Rao, Gottumukkala Venkateswara ^a   Mukhopadhyay, T ^a   Annamalai, T ^a   Radhakrishnan, N ^a   Sahoo, M R ^a  

^a CavinKare Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

sitosterol; origanol A and B; Origanum vulgare Linn.; triterpene acids; tyrosinase inhibition

Indexed keywords

IRALUKAST; OLEANOLIC ACID; SITOSTEROL; URSOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INFRARED RADIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OREGANO; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 80052236021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.81964     Document Type: Article

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