Comparison of the composition of the essential oils of Alpinia and Hedychium species - Essential oils of Fijian plants, Part 1

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 409-411

  Ali, Sadaquat ^a   Sotheeswaran, Subramaniam ^a   Tuiwawa, Marika ^a   Smith, Roger M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1,8 cineole; Alpinia purpurata; Alpinia zerumbert; Camphene; Caryophyllene oxide; Essential oil composition; Hedychium coronarium; Hedychium gardnerianum; Linalool; Terpinen 4 ol; Zingiberaceae; pinene; caryophyllene; pinene

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DISTILLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

FLOWER OILS; LEAF OILS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FLOWERS; VOC; VOLATILE OIL;

EID: 0036827722     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2002.9699904     Document Type: Article

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