Antioxidant capacity and total phenolic contents of oregano (Origanum vulgare), lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) and lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) from Romania

Natural Product Research

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1657-1661

  Spiridon, Iuliana ^a   Colceru, Svetlana ^b   Anghel, Narcis ^a   Teaca, Carmen Alice ^a   Bodirlau, Ruxanda ^a   Armatu, Alice ^b  

^a PETRU PONI INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Romania)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Romania)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Flavonoids; Total phenolics

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; APIGENIN; ASCORBIC ACID; CAFFEIC ACID; COUMARIC ACID; FERULIC ACID; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; KAEMPFEROL; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; MELISSA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; ORIGANUM VULGARE EXTRACT; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; ROSMARINIC ACID; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG SCREENING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAVENDER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; ROMANIA;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICALS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LAVANDULA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELISSA; ORIGANUM; PHENOLS; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; ROMANIA;

CITRUS LIMON; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE;

EID: 80155148700     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2010.521502     Document Type: Article

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