Phenolic content, antioxidant and allelopathic activities of various extracts of Thymus numidicus Poir. organs

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 188-195

  Ben El Hadj Ali, Imen ^a   Bahri, Radhia ^b   Chaouachi, Maher ^b   Boussaïd, Mohamed ^a   Harzallah Skhiri, Fethia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Organ; Phytotoxic activity; Polyphenols; Thymus numidicus

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICALS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHENOLS; PLANTS (BOTANY); THYMUS;

ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY; ORGAN; PHYTOTOXIC ACTIVITY; POLYPHENOLS; THYMUS NUMIDICUS;

ANTIOXIDANTS;

ALLELOPATHY; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HERB; INHIBITION; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT EXTRACT;

EID: 84907164731     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.08.021     Document Type: Article

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