Chemical Composition and Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities of an Essential Oil Extracted from an Edible Seaweed, Laminaria japonica L.

Laminaria japonica L. is among the most commonly consumed seaweeds in northeast Asia. In the present study, L. japonica essential oil (LJEO) was extracted by microwave-hydrodistillation and analyzed by gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy. LJEO contained 21 volatile compounds, comprising 99.76%...

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Main Authors: Jayanta Kumar Patra, Gitishree Das, Kwang-Hyun Baek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-07-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/20/7/12093