Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil, Total Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Activity of Vitex pseudo-negundo Seeds Collected from Northeastern Iran

Subject Areas : Journal of Chemical Health Risks

Hashem Akhlaghi ¹ , Sedighe Sadat Akhlaghi ² , Seyed Abolfazl Mousavi ³

1 - Department of Chemistry, Sabzevar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sabzevar, Iran
2 - Department of Nephrology, Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Undergraduate Student of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Sabzevar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sabzevar, Iran

Received: 2017-09-03 Accepted : 2018-10-29 Published : 2017-09-03

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