Chemical composition of the essential oils of two Rhodiola species from Tibet

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 161-164

  Lei, Yidong ^a   Nan, Peng ^a,b   Tsering, Tashi ^c   Bai, Zhankui ^a   Tian, Chunjie ^a   Zhong, Yang ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI CENTER FOR BIOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Essential Oil; Rhodiola crenulata; Rhodiola fastigiata

Indexed keywords

RHODIOLA; RHODIOLA CRENULATA; RHODIOLA FASTIGIATA;

EID: 0037349412     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2003-3-402     Document Type: Article

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