Aromatic plants from tropical west africa. IV. Chemical composition of leaf oil of pimenta racemosa (miller) J. W. Moore var. Racemosa from Benin

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-209

  Ayedoun, Abel Marc ^a   Adeoti, Bouraïman Salami ^a,b   Setondji, Jacques ^a   Menut, Chantal ^b   Lamaty, Gérard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Chavicol; Essential oil composition; Eugenol; Myrcene; Myrtaceae; Pimenta racemosa; Syzygium racemosum; West Indian bay

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COMPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); TROPICS;

AROMATIC PLANTS; BENIN; CHAVICOL; EUGENOL; LEAF OIL; MYRCENE; WEST AFRICA;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

EID: 0030107595     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.1996.9700597     Document Type: Article

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