Antioxidant, anti-5-lipoxygenase and antiacetylcholinesterase activities of essential oils and decoction waters of some aromatic plants

Records of Natural Products

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-48

  Albano, Sílvia M ^a   Sofia Lima, A ^b   Graca Miguel M ^a   Pedro, Luis G ^b   Barroso, José G ^b   Figueiredo, Anna Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Apiaceae; Asteraceae; Biological activities; Decoction water; Essential oils; Lamiaceae

Indexed keywords

1 OCTEN 3 OL; 2,4 HEPTADIENAL; 3 CARENE; 3 OCTANOL; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ALPHA THUJENE; ANTIOXIDANT; ARACHIDONATE 5 LIPOXYGENASE; BETA OPLOPENONE; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CARVACROL; CINEOLE; DECOCTION WATER; ESSENTIAL OIL; FREE RADICAL; HEXANOIC ACID; LIMONENE; MENTHONE; MYRCENE; NEROLIDOL; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; SUPEROXIDE; TERPINENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WATER;

ANGIOSPERM; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DITTRICHIA VISCOSA; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FENNEL; IC 50; OREGANO; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; THYMBRA CAPITATA; THYMUS CAMPHORATUS; THYMUS CARNOSUS; THYMUS MASTICHINA;

APIACEAE; ASTERACEAE; DITTRICHIA VISCOSA; FOENICULUM VULGARE; LAMIACEAE; ORIGANUM VULGARE; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; THYMBRA CAPITATA; THYMUS CAMPHORATUS; THYMUS CARNOSUS; THYMUS MASTICHINA;

EID: 80053228132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13076167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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