Chemical constituents and spasmolytic activity in guinea-pig ileum of essential oil of artemisia alba from two geographically and ecologically different localities

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 223-228

  Perfumi, M ^a   Valentini, G ^a   Bellomaria, B ^a   Biondi, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artemisia alba; Artemisia alchol; Artemisia ketone; Asteraceae; Camphor; Essential oil composition; thujone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004780194     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.1999.9701117     Document Type: Article

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