Chemical constituents and antioxidant activity of the essential oil from aerial parts of Artemisia herba-alba grown in Tunisian semi-arid region

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2923-2929

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Artemisia herba alba; Chemical composition; Essential oil

Indexed keywords

1 NITROCYCLOHEX 1 ENE; 1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ABSINTHOL; BETA CAROTENE; BETA THUYONE; BORNEOL; BORNYL ACETATE; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CARYOPHYLLENE; CHRYSANTHENONE; CHRYSANTHENYL ACETATE; CINEOLE; COPAENE; DELTA CADINENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAMMA EPOXY ELEMENE; GERMACRENE D; LEPIDOZENE; PINENE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SABINYL ACETATE; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA HERBA ALBA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG SCREENING; HYDRODISTILLATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; SEMIARID CLIMATE; TUNISIA;

ARTEMISIA HERBA-ALBA; DRYOBALANOPS;

EID: 80054954149     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb10.2491     Document Type: Article

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