Chemical composition and in vitro antioxidant activities of Thymelaea hirsuta L. essential oil from Tunisia

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2930-2935

  Kadri, Adel ^a   Zarai, Zied ^b   Chobba, Ines Ben ^c   Gharsallah, Néji ^b   Damak, Mohamed ^a   Békir, Ahmed ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

^b University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activities; Essential oil; Thymelaea hirsuta

Indexed keywords

1 HEPTENE; 1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALPHA AGAROFURAN; ALPHA GURJUNENE; ALPHA MUUROLENE; AMORPHENE; AROMADENDRENE; BETA CAROTENE; BOURBONENE; BUTYLCRESOL; CARYOPHYLLENE; CITROL; CITRONELLOL; CITRONELLYL FORMATE; COPAENE; CYCLOHEXANEETHANOL; DELTA CADINENE; DELTA SELINENE; DODECAMETHYLCYCLOHEXASILOXANE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAMMA EUDESMOL; GERMACRENE D; HEPTANE; HEXAMETHYLCYCLOTRISILOXANE; HUMULENE; ISOMENTHONE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRODISTILLATION; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; THYMELAEA HIRSUTA; THYMELAEACEAE; TUNISIA;

THYMELAEA HIRSUTA;

EID: 80054889851     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb11.028     Document Type: Article

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