Qualitative and quantitative variation in monoterpene co-occurrence and composition in the essential oil of Thymus vulgaris chemotypes

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 859-880

  Thompson, John D ^a   Chalchat, Jean Claude ^b   Michet, André ^b   Linhart, Yan B ^c   Ehlers, Bodil ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Essential oil composition; Lamiaceae; Mediterranean; Monoterpene production; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERANIOL; LINALOOL; PARA CYMENE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; THUYANOL; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ESSENTIAL OIL; MONOTERPENE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANT GENE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; PRECURSOR; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THYME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; THYMUS PLANT;

LAMIACEAE; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0242499958     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022927615442     Document Type: Article

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