Identification of volatile organic compounds emitted in the field by oilseed rape (Brassica napus ssp. oleifera) over the growing season

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 332-338

  McEwan, M ^a   Macfarlane Smith, W H ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Flower volatiles; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Oilseed rape; Thermal desorption; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING;

ALDEHYDES; ALLERGENS; BRASSICA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; KETONES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; SEASONS; TERPENES;

EID: 15644376860     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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