Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Nigella sativa Seeds Extracted by Microwave Steam Distillation

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 781-794

  Benkaci Ali, Farid ^a   Akloul, Rym ^a   Boukenouche, Asma ^a   Pauw, Edwin De ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; composition; Cryogrinding; GC and GC MS; Microwave; Nigella sativa; Ranunculaceae; Steam distillation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890938692     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2013.813275     Document Type: Article

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