Seasonal Variations in the Chemical Compositions of Essential Oils of Selected Aromatic Plants Growing Wild in Turkey

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4821-4825

  Müller Riebau, Frank J ^a   Berger, Bernhard M ^a   Yegen, Oktay ^b   Cakir, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carvacrol; Essential oils; Satureja thymbra; Seasonal variations; Thymbra spicata; Thymol

Indexed keywords

EID: 0642271614     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf970110y     Document Type: Article

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