Antioxidant activity of tagetes erecta essential oil

• ROSA MARTHA PÉREZ GUTIÉRREZ ^[1] ; HELIODORO HERNÁNDEZ LUNA ^[1] ; SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ GARRIDO ^[1]
  1. [1] Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Química e Industrias extractivas IPN Laboratorio de Investigación de Productos Naturales
• Localización: Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society (Boletín de la Sociedad Chilena de Química), ISSN-e 0717-6309, ISSN 0366-1644, Vol. 51, Nº. 2, 2006, págs. 883-886
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The 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