Phytochemicals, antioxidant and antifungal activities of allium roseum var. grandiflorum subvar. typicum regel.

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue , 2014, Pages 63-70

  Sakka Rouis Soussi, Lamia ^a   Boughelleb M'Hamdi, Naima ^b   El Ayeb Zakhama, Asma ^a   Flamini, Guido ^c   Ben Jannet, Hichem ^d   Harzallah Skhiri, Fethia ^a  

^a Institute of Biotechnology   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUSSE   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Allium roseum var. grandiflorum subvar. typicum Regel.; Antifungal activity; Antioxidant activity; Chemical composition; Essential oil; Total polyphenol content

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ESSENTIAL OIL; HERB; PLANT EXTRACT;

EID: 84892642235     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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