Correlation among environmental factors, chemical composition and antioxidative properties of essential oil and extracts of chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.) collected in Molise (South-central Italy)

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 256-263

  Formisano, Carmen ^a   Delfine, Sebastiano ^b   Oliviero, Filomena ^a   Tenore, Gian Carlo ^a   Rigano, Daniela ^a   Senatore, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Cis tonghaosu; Essential oil; Matricaria chamomilla; Phenolic compounds; Bisabolol oxide

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANTIOXIDANTS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; FREE RADICALS; OIL SHALE; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER SUPPLY;

ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES; CIS-TONGHAOSU; EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LARGE SCALE CULTIVATIONS; MATRICARIA CHAMOMILLA; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESSENTIAL OIL; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PLANT EXTRACT;

ITALY; MOLISE;

MATRICARIA CHAMOMILLA;

EID: 84922332017     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.09.042     Document Type: Article

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