Overview on mentha and thymus polyphenols

Current Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 382-396

  Pereira, Olívia R ^a,b   Cardoso, Susana M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Flavonoids; HPLC; Mass spectrometry; Mentha; NMR; Phenolic acids; Phenolic compounds; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OILS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINE; THYMUS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES; FLAVONOID; HEALTH BENEFITS; HPLC; LAMIACEAE FAMILY; MENTHA; PHENOLIC ACIDS; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLICS; POLYPHENOLS;

FLAVONOIDS;

EID: 84878649512     PISSN: 15734110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573411011309030008     Document Type: Review

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