The importance of antioxidant action of essential oils in benefit of health / A importância da ação antioxidante de óleos essenciais em beneficio da saúde

• Main Authors: Chryslane Barbosa da Silva (Author), Kelly Barbosa da Silva (Author), Eliane Lima da Silva Oliveira (Author), Vanessa Fernandes Soares (Author), João Gomes da Costa (Author), Aldenir Feitosa dos Santos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual de Alagoas, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Currently the essential oils have been highlighted as promising sources of relevant natural products for drug and cosmetic use because they are rich classes of secondary metabolites that confer antioxidant activity to these oils. Antioxidants are responsible for the health benefit neutralizing the a...