Chemical Composition and Biological Activity of Nepeta parnassica Oils and Isolated Nepetalactones

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 58, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 681-686

  Gkinis, Giorgos ^a   Tzakou, Olga ^a   Iliopoulou, Dimitra ^a   Roussis, Vassilios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Essential Oil; Insect Repellency; Nepeta parnassica; Nepetalactones

Indexed keywords

CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS MOLESTUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NEPETA; NEPETA PARNASSICA; POGONOMYRMEX;

EID: 0141889895     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2003-9-1015     Document Type: Article

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