Antioxidant activity of twenty wild Spanish Thymus mastichina L. populations and its relation with their chemical composition

LWT

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 412-418

  Delgado, Teresa ^a   Marinero, Pilar ^b   Asensio S Manzanera, M Carmen ^b   Asensio, Carmen ^b   Herrero, Baudilio ^c   Pereira, José Alberto ^a   Ramalhosa, Elsa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AGRARIO DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Chemical composition; Essential oils; Methanolic extracts; Thymus mastichina L.

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICALS; MONOTERPENES; PHENOLS; PLANTS (BOTANY); THYMUS;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANT POTENTIAL; ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DPPH FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITIES; METHANOLIC EXTRACTS; OIL EXTRACTS; THYMUS MASTICHINA L; TOTAL PHENOL CONTENTS; Γ-TERPINENE;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

THYMUS MASTICHINA;

EID: 84894233146     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2013.12.041     Document Type: Article

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