Antioxidant and antiacetylcholinesterase activities of some commercial essential oils and their major compounds

Molecules

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 7672-7690

  Aazza, Smail ^a,b   Lyoussi, Badiâ ^a   Miguel, Maria G ^b  

^a SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antiacetylcholinesterase; Commercial essential oils; DPPH; Reductive potential; TBARS

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 3 CARENE; 3-CARENE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANTIOXIDANT; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CARVACROL; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CINEOLE; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL OIL; LIMONENE; PICRIC ACID; TERPENE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THYMOL; VEGETABLE OIL;

CHEMISTRY; DISTILLATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ASSAY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVIEW;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CYCLOHEXANOLS; CYCLOHEXENES; DISTILLATION; ENZYME ASSAYS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PICRATES; PLANT OILS; TERPENES; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; THYMOL;

EID: 80053268387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules16097672     Document Type: Review

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