Chemical composition of the essential oils of the berries of Juniperus oxycedrus L. ssp. rufescens (L. K.) and Juniperus oxycedrus L. ssp. macrocarpa (S. & m.) Ball. and their antioxidant activities

Natural Product Research

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 810-820

  Hanène, Medini ^a   Ameur, Elaissi ^a   Larbi, Khouja Med ^b   Piras, Alessandra ^c   Porcedda, Silvia ^c   Falconieri, Danilo ^c   Marongiu, Bruno ^c   Farhat, Farhat ^a   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 oxycedrus L. ssp. macrocarpa (S. m.) Ball.; Juniperus oxycedrus L. ssp. rufescens (L. K.)

Indexed keywords

3 CYMEN 8 OL; 3ALPHA TERPINEOL; ABIETADIENE; ALPHA CAMPHOLENAL; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA PHELLANDRENE; BETA PINENE; CALAMENENE; CAMPHENE; CARVACROL; CARVEOL; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAMMA MUUROLENE; GERMACRENE D; HUMULENE; ISOBORNYLACETATE; MENTHA 1,5 DIEN 8 OL; MYRCENE; MYRTENAL; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; PINOCARVEOL; SABINENE; TERPINOLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERBENOL; VERBENONE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BERRY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRODISTILLATION; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OXYCEDRUS SUBSPECIE MACROCARPA; JUNIPERUS OXYCEDRUS SUBSPECIE RUFESCENS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; JUNIPERUS; OILS, VOLATILE;

JUNIPERUS OXYCEDRUS; MACROCARPA;

EID: 84863660202     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2011.558014     Document Type: Article

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