ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF TAGETES ERECTA ESSENTIAL OIL
2006; Sociedad Chilena de Química; Volume: 51; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.4067/s0717-97072006000200010
ISSN0717-9707
AutoresRosa Martha Pérez Gutiérrez, HELIODORO HERNÁNDEZ LUNA, Sergio Hernández Garrido,
Tópico(s)Nigella sativa pharmacological applications
ResumoThe essential oil from flowers of Tagetes erecta was evaluated for antioxidant activity in vitro using diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), thiocyanate, b-carotene bleaching, free radical scavenging activity and oxidation of deoxyribose assay. The GC-MS analysis of the oil has resulted in the identification of 18 components; b-caryophyllene, limonene, methyleugenol, (E)-ocimene, piperetone, piperitenone and ?-terpinolene were the main components
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