Chemical composition and bioactivity studies of the essential oils from two Thymus species from the Pakistani flora

LWT

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 185-192

  Hussain, Abdullah I ^a,b   Anwar, Farooq ^c   Chatha, Shahzad A S ^a   Latif, Sajid ^d   Sherazi, Syed T H ^e   Ahmad, Ashfaq ^f   Worthington, Jenny ^b   Sarker, Satyajit D ^g  

^a GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

^f SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti haem biocrystallisation activity; Anti proliferative activity; Lamiaceae; T. serpyllum; Thymus linearis

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MONOTERPENES; THYMUS;

ANTI-HAEM BIOCRYSTALLISATION ACTIVITIES; ANTI-PROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITIES; LAMIACEAE; T. SERPYLLUM; THYMUS LINEARIS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAMIACEAE; THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS SERPYLLUM;

EID: 84866387772     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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