The chemical composition of the mentha pulegium l. essential oil from egypt and its antioxidant activity

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-195

  El Ghorab, Ahmed H ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Chemical composition; Hexanal Hexanoic assay and DPPH; Mentha Pulegium; Pulegone

Indexed keywords

EID: 85004533042     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2006.10643491     Document Type: Article

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