Cannabis sativa: Volatile compounds from pollen and entire male and female plants of two variants, Northern Lights and Hawaian Indica

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 387-397

  Rothschild, Miriam ^a   Bergström, Gunnar ^b   Wängberg, Sten Åke ^b  

^a Ashton Wold   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cannabaceae; Chemosphere; Chemotypes; GC MS; Headspace; Monoterpenes; Pyrazines; Scent; Sesquiterpenes; Sorption

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POLLEN;

CANNABACEAE; CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 17644398804     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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