Chemical Compositions, Antioxidant, Anticancer Activities and Biological Effects of Myrtus communis L. and Origanum vulgare Essential Oils
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Chemical composition and biological activity of essential oils of Origanum vulgare L. subsp. vulgare L. under different growth conditions.
This research was aimed at investigating the essential oil production, chemical composition and biological activity of a crop of pink flowered oregano (Origanum vulgare L. subsp. vulgare L.) under different spatial distribution of the plants (single and binate rows). This plant factor was shown to affect its growth, soil covering, fresh biomass, essential oil amount and composition. In particul...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Journal of Biochemistry
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1815-9923
DOI: 10.3923/ajb.2016.104.117