Composition of the stem, flower and fruit oils of litsea cubeba pers. From two locations of Assam, India

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 381-386

  Choudhury, Sadananda ^a   Ahmed, Riyazuddin ^a   Barthel, André ^b   Leclercq, Piet A ^b,c  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Citronellal; Citronellol; Essential oil composition; Lauraceae; Litsea cubeba; Sabinene

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542371917     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.1998.9700927     Document Type: Article

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