Screening of the antioxidant activity of the essential oil and methanol extract of mentha pulegium L. from Turkey

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 352-358

  Sarikurkcu, Cengiz ^a   Eryigit, Feryat ^b   Cengiz, Mustafa ^b   Tepe, Bektas ^c   Cakir, Ahmet ^d   Mete, Ebru ^e  

^a MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Kilis 7 Aralk University   (Turkey)

^e ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

antioxidant activity; mentha pulegium; pulegone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862096529     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: 15322289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00387010.2012.666701     Document Type: Conference Paper

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