A modern approach to the authentication and quality assessment of thyme using UV spectroscopy and chemometric analysis

Phytochemical Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 520-526

  Gad, Haidy A ^a   El Ahmady, Sherweit H ^a   Abou Shoer, Mohamed I ^b   Al Azizi, Mohamed M ^a  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b Alexandria University Faculty of Pharmacy   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chemometrics; multivariate analysis; thyme; UV spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMERCE; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; ESSENTIAL OILS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THYMUS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; CHEMOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; CHEMOMETRICES; HERBAL DRUG; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL-COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; THYME; VULGARIS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ARTICLE; CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ERIOCEPHALUS; ERIOCEPHALUS AFRICANUS; HERBAL MEDICINE; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM SYRIACUM; PLECTRANTHUS; PLECTRANTHUS AMBOINICUS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SATUREJA MONTANA; SAVORY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; THYME; THYMUS; THYMUS CAPITATUS; THYMUS SERPYLLUM; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ERIOCEPHALUS; ORIGANUM; PLECTRANTHUS; SATUREJA; THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS VULGARIS;

CHEMOMETRICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; THYME; UV SPECTROSCOPY;

EGYPT; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THYMUS PLANT;

EID: 84886721188     PISSN: 09580344     EISSN: 10991565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pca.2426     Document Type: Article

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