Composition and antioxidant activities of the essential oil of cinnamon (cinnamomum zeylanicum blume) leaves from Sri Lanka

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 170-182

  Schmidt, Erich ^a   Jirovetz, Leopold ^b   Buchbauer, Gerhard ^b   Eller, Gernot A ^b   Stoilova, Ivanka ^c   Krastanov, Albert ^c   Stoyanova, Albena ^c   Geissler, Margit ^d  

^a Kurt Kitzing Co   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGIES   (Bulgaria)

^d Shimadzu Germany   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activities; Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume; Composition of volatiles; Essential leaf oil; Lauraceae

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024187544     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2006.10643490     Document Type: Article

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