The composition of commercial manuka oils from New Zealand

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 705-710

  Christoph, F ^a   KubecZka, K H ^a   Stahl Biskup, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

( ) trans calamenene; Essential oil composition; Leptospennum scoparium; Leptospermone; Manuka oil; Myrtaceae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000748357     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.1999.9712001     Document Type: Article

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