European pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) from Portugal: Chemical composition of essential oil and antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of extracts and essential oil

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-87

  Teixeira, Bárbara ^a,b   Marques, António ^a   Ramos, Cristina ^a   Batista, Irineu ^a   Serrano, Carmo ^c   Matos, Olívia ^d   Neng, Nuno R ^e   Nogueira, José M F ^e   Saraiva, Jorge Alexandre ^b   Nunes, Maria Leonor ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c Research Unit of Food Technology   (Portugal)

^d National Institute of Biological Resources (INRB I P L INIA)   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Essential oil; Ethanol and aqueous extract; European pennyroyal; Mentha pulegium

Indexed keywords

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAINS; BIOACTIVE PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL ADDITIVE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ETHANOLIC EXTRACTS; EUROPEAN PENNYROYAL; FOOD INDUSTRIES; HOT WATER EXTRACTS; IN-VITRO; MENTHA PULEGIUM; MENTHONE; NATURAL PRODUCTS; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; PHENOL CONTENT; PLANT ORIGIN; PORTUGAL; PULEGONE; SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS;

BACTERIA; ETHANOL; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); PHENOLS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BACTERIUM; BIOACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; ESSENTIAL OIL; ETHANOL; FOOD INDUSTRY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

PORTUGAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MENTHA PULEGIUM;

EID: 80053171861     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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