Chemical composition of the essential oil of plectranthus tenuiflorus from Saudi Arabia

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 447-448

  Smith, Roger M ^a   Bahaffi, Saleh O ^b   Albar, Hassan A ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Essential oil composition; Labiatae; Thymol

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

LABIATAE; PLECTRANTHUS TENUIFLORUS; SAUDI ARABIA; THYMOL;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

EID: 0030189630     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.1996.9700663     Document Type: Article

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