Effect of gamma irradiation on chemical composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of Thymus vulgaris and Mentha pulegium essential oils

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 6-11

  Zantar, Said ^a   Haouzi, Rachid ^b   Chabbi, Mohamed ^b   Laglaoui, Amin ^b   Mouhib, Mohammed ^a   Mohammed Boujnah, ^a   Bakkali, Mohammed ^b   Zerrouk, Mounir Hassani ^c  

^a Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (Morocco)

^b ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c Abdelmalek Essaadi University   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Chemical composition; Essential oils; Gamma radiation

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; GAMMA RAYS; IRRADIATION; MICROORGANISMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); THYMUS;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; AROMATIC PLANTS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; IRRADIATED SAMPLES;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

BUTYLCRESOL; CARVACROL; ESSENTIAL OIL; PULEGONE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOWER; GAMMA IRRADIATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MENTHA PULEGIUM; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION DOSE; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THYME;

EID: 84936761311     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: 18790895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2015.05.019     Document Type: Article

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