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Essential oil composition, total phenolic, flavonoid contents, and antioxidant activity of Thymus species collected from different regions of Iran

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The results demonstrated that T. daenensis-3, T. vulgaris, and T. fedtschenkoi-3 possessed higher antioxidant activities than the others, and the Thymus species with high bioactive compounds may be recommended for further food applications.
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This article is published in Food Chemistry.The article was published on 2017-04-01. It has received 332 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Thymol & Carvacrol.

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State of the Art of Antimicrobial Edible Coatings for Food Packaging Applications

TL;DR: In this article, a review underlines the most recent trends in the use of new edible coatings enriched with antimicrobial agents to reduce the growth of different microorganisms, such as Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, molds and yeasts.
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The effect of drought stress on polyphenolic compounds and expression of flavonoid biosynthesis related genes in Achillea pachycephala Rech.f.

TL;DR: The results can facilitate selection of appropriate drought conditions to obtain the highest levels of flavonoids such as luteolin and apigenin and phenolic compounds such as chlorogenic acid for improved health benefits.
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Antibacterial, Antifungal, Antimycotoxigenic, and Antioxidant Activities of Essential Oils: An Updated Review

TL;DR: This review provides an overview of the current literature on essential oils mainly on antifungal and antimycotoxigenic but also their antibacterial and antioxidant activities.
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Identification of essential oil components by gas chromatography/quadrupole mass spectroscopy

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that a compound is identified by a chromatographic peak that has a retention-time in the range of 5589 to 562 min-time.
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Plant terpenoid synthases: Molecular biology and phylogenetic analysis

TL;DR: This review focuses on the monoterpene, sesquiterpenes, and diterpene synthases of plant origin that use the corresponding C10, C15, and C20 prenyl diphosphates as substrates to generate the enormous diversity of carbon skeletons characteristic of the terpenoid family of natural products.
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The in vitro antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of the essential oils and methanol extracts of endemic Thymus spathulifolius

TL;DR: In this article, the in vitro antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of essential oil and methanol extracts from a unique and endemic plant, Thymus spathulifolius (Hausskn. and Velen.).
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Antioxidant and antiacetylcholinesterase activities of five plants used as Portuguese food spices

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the results of a study aimed at evaluating the antiradical activity, the antioxidant activity and the acetylcholinesterase (E.C. 3.7.) inhibitory capacity of essential oils, ethanol and boiling water extracts from five aromatic herbs growing wild in Portugal and used in traditional food preparations: fennel ( Foeniculum vulgare), mint ( Mentha spicata), pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium, rosemary ( Rosmarinus officinalis), and wild thyme (
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Antioxidant and free radical scavenging potential of Achillea santolina extracts

TL;DR: In this article, Achillea santolina extract (ASE) was investigated employing various established in vitro systems including total antioxidant activity in linoleic acid emulsion system, 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), superoxide and hydroxyl radicals scavenging, reducing power, and inhibitory effect on protein oxidation as well as the inhibition of Fe 2+ /ascorbate induced lipid peroxidation in rat liver homogenate.
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