Essential oils with 1,2-epoxy-p-menthane derivatives from Mentha spicata plants growing across the Island of Crete

Botanica Acta

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 184-189

  Kokkini, Stella ^a   Karousou, Regina ^b   Lanaras, T ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

biosynthetic pathways; Crete; essential oils; geographic variation; Labiatae; Mentha spicata; piperitenone oxide; piperitone oxide

Indexed keywords

LAMIACEAE; MENTHA SPICATA;

EID: 0030977518     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1997.tb00627.x     Document Type: Article

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