Chemical characterization of basil (Ocimum spp.) found in the markets and used in traditional medicine in Brazil

Economic Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-216

  Vieira, Roberto F ^a   Simon, James E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basil; Essential oil; Germplasm; Lamiaceae; O. americanum; O. basilicum; O. campechianum; O. gratissimum; O. selloi, traditional medicine; Ocimum

Indexed keywords

BASILICUM; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; OCIMUM; OCIMUM AMERICANUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM; OCIMUM CAMPECHIANUM; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; OCIMUM SELLOI;

EID: 0033932095     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02907824     Document Type: Article

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