@article {Tepe:2007p1165,
	title = {Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of the essential oil of Clinopodium vulgare L},
	journal = {Food Chem},
	volume = {103},
	number = {3},
	year = {2007},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {766{\textendash}770},
	abstract = {This study was designed to examine the chemical composition and in vitro antioxidant activity of the essential oil of Clinopodium vulgare. GC-MS analysis of the oil resulted in the identification of 40 compounds, representing 99.4\% of the oil; thymol (38.9\%), gamma-ter-pinene (29.6\%) and p-cymene (9.1 \%) were the main components. The samples were subjected to a screening for their possible antioxidant activity by using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and beta-carotene-linoleic acid assays. In the first case, IC50 value of the C. vulgare essential oil was determined as 63.0 +/- 2.71 mu g/ml. IC50 value of thymol and gamma-terpinene, the major compounds of the oil, was determined as 161 +/- 1.3 mu g/ml and 122 +/- 2.5 mu g/ml, respectively, whereas p-cymene did not show antioxidant activity. In beta-carotene-linoleic acid system, C. vulgare essential oil exhibited 52.3 +/- 1.19\% inhibition against linoleic acid oxidation. In both systems, antioxidant capacities of BHT, curcurnine and ascorbic acid were also determined in parallel experiments. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {Antioxidant Activity, Carvacrol, Clinopodium Vulgare, Essential Oil, Extracts, Model, Systems, Thymol},
	doi = {10.1016/j.foodchem.2006.09.019},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL\&_udi=B6T6R-4M63RWS-7\&_user=2139813\&_rdoc=1\&_fmt=\&_orig=search\&_sort=d\&_docanchor=\&view=c\&_acct=C000054276\&_version=1\&_urlVersion=0\&_userid=2139813\&md5=1de01e21e7071a8fbddf0aa0165cf0fe},
	author = {Bektas Tepe and Arzuhan Sihoglu-Tepe and Dimitra Daferera and Moschos Polissiou and Atalay Sokmen}
}
@article {Quinn:2007p1094,
	title = {Identification of compounds from Etonia rosemary (Conradina etonia)},
	journal = {J Chromatogr A},
	volume = {1160},
	number = {1-2},
	year = {2007},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {306{\textendash}310},
	abstract = {Mosquitoes transmit pathogens that result in diseases harmful to human, livestock, and wildlife hosts. Numerous measures can be used to reduce insect-borne disease risk to humans, and one approach is the use of topical repellents to prevent host-seeking arthropods from taking a blood meal. A current emphasis in the development of new repellents is that they be safe. Therefore, natural products sources are increasingly being explored. Compounds from plants of the mint family (Lamiaceae) have been demonstrated to be insect repellents. This study examines compounds from Etonia rosemary (Conradina etonia) to identify compounds for examination as insect repellents. Samples of Etonia rosemary were passively extracted with hexane, dichloromethane, and methanol and analyzed by GC/MS. This extraction method was chosen to eliminate thermal degradation of plant components that can occur during the distillation procedure. Additional headspace volatile compounds from this plant were identified using microscale purge-and-trap GC/MS. A variety of terpenes, terpenic alcohols, ketones, and aldehydes were identified in the extracts with terpenes and short-chained aldehydes detected in greatest abundance. Published by Elsevier B.V.},
	keywords = {Catnip, Chemical-Composition, Chemistry, Components, Essential Oil, Extracts, Gc/Ms, Headspace Analysis, Lamiaceae, Mosquito Repellents, Repellency, Terpenoids, Toxicity},
	doi = {10.1016/j.chroma.2007.05.060},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL\&_udi=B6TG8-4NTJH1V-3\&_user=2139813\&_rdoc=1\&_fmt=\&_orig=search\&_sort=d\&_docanchor=\&view=c\&_acct=C000054276\&_version=1\&_urlVersion=0\&_userid=2139813\&md5=65721d99be4f7e00cfc7bec05e132d28},
	author = {Brian P Quinn and Ulrich R Bernier and Matthew M Booth}
}
