Chemical composition, in vitro antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of essential oils of four dietary and medicinal plants from Cameroon

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ndoye Foe, Florentine Marie Chantal ^a   Tchinang, Tatiana Flore Kemegni ^a,c   Nyegue, Ascencion Maximilienne ^a,b   Abdou, Jean Pierre ^a,c   Yaya, Abel Joel Gbaweng ^a,c   Tchinda, Alembert Tiabou ^c   Essame, Jean Louis Oyono ^c   Etoa, François Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c Med Plants/Traditional Med Res C   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory activity; Chemical composition; Essential oils; In vitro antioxidant; Sulphur containing plants

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; ESSENTIAL OIL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CAMEROON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRYPETES GOSSWEILERI; GARLIC; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; ONION; PENTADIPLANDRA BRAZZEANA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; CHEMISTRY; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUPHORBIACEAE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAMEROON; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUPHORBIACEAE; OILS, VOLATILE; ONIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84962712451     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-016-1096-y     Document Type: Article

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