Differential chemical compositions of the essential oils of the shoot organs, rhizomes and rhizoids in the turmeric Curcuma longa grown in indo-gangetic plains

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 384-389

  Bansal, R P ^a   Bahl, J R ^a   Garg, S N ^a   Naqvi, A A ^a   Kumary, Sushil ^a,b  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

^b National Centre for Plant Genome Research   (India)

Author keywords

1,8 Cineole; Curcuma longa; Indo Gangetic plains; Leaf essential oil; Myrcene; p cymene; Rhizoid essential oil; Rhizome essential oil; Turmeric; Turmerones

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TURMERONE; BETA PINENE; BETA TURMERONE; CINEOLE; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; CYMENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; PINENE; TERPENOID; TERPINENE; TURMERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CURCUMA LONGA; DRUG DETERMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANT GROWTH; RHIZOME;

CURCUMA; CURCUMA LONGA;

EID: 0038723570     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.40.5.384.8458     Document Type: Article

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