Essential oil composition of a citronella-like variant of lemongrass

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 393-395

  Kulkarni, R N ^a   Mallavarapu, G R ^a   Baskaran, K ^a   Ramesh, S ^a   Kumar, Sushil ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

Citronellyl acetate; Cymbopogon flexuosus; Essential oil composition; Geranial; Geraniol; Geranyl acetate; Neral

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000571899     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.1997.9700738     Document Type: Article

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