Intraspecific variation in oil components of Boronia megastigma Nees. (Rutaceae) flowers

Annals of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 253-262

  Plummer, J A ^a   Wann, J M ^a   Spadek, Z E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Chemistry Centre Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boronia; Boronia megastigma; Chemotypes; Dodecyl acetate; Limonene; Monoterpenes; Oil, pinene, pinene; Rutaceae; ionone

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AUSTRALIA; BETA IONONE; BETA PINENE; DETERMINATION OF CONTENT; DODECYL ACETATE; FLOWER; FOOD ADDITIVE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENOTYPE; LIMONENE; PINENE; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT EXTRACT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BORONIA; BORONIA MEGASTIGMA; RUTACEAE;

EID: 0033022228     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0825     Document Type: Article

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