Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of the essential oil of Juniperus phoenicea L. berries

Natural Product Research

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1695-1706

  Medini, Hanène ^a   Elaissi, Ameur ^a   Khouja, Med Larbi ^b   Piras, Alessandra ^c   Porcedda, Silvia ^c   Falconieri, Danilo ^c   Marongiu, Bruno ^c   Chemli, Rachid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Berries; Chemical composition; Essential oil; Juniperus phoenicea L.

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); 3 CARENE; ANTIOXIDANT; CAMPHENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; PINENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERBENOL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BERRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRUG SCREENING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; JUNIPERUS PHOENICEA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; JUNIPERUS; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PICRATES; TERPENES;

JUNIPERUS PHOENICEA;

EID: 80155179011     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2010.535168     Document Type: Article

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