Chemical composition and functional properties of essential oils from Mentha species

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 557-564

  de Sousa Barros, Alexandre ^a   de Morais, Selene Maia ^a   Ferreira, Pablito Augusto Travassos ^a   Vieira, Ícaro Gusmão Pinto ^a,b   Craveiro, Afrânio Aragão ^b   dos Santos Fontenelle, Raquel Oliveira ^c   de Menezes, Jane Eire Silva Alencar ^a   da Silva, Francisco Walber Ferreira ^a   de Sousa, Halisson Araújo ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Technological Development Park (PADETEC)   (Brazil)

^c State University of Acarau Valley   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Biological properties; Essential oil; Mentha

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; ENZYME INHIBITION; MINTS; MONOTERPENES; OILS AND FATS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES; BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; HYDRODISTILLATIONS; MENTHA;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOCONTROL AGENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ESSENTIAL OIL; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT EXTRACT;

MENTHA; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA; MENTHA SPICATA; MENTHA X PIPERITA; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 84938853006     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2015.07.004     Document Type: Article

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