Chemical composition of the essential oils of two Alpinia species from Hainan Island, China

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 59, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 157-160

  Nan, Peng ^a,b   Hu, Yaoming ^c   Zhao, Jiayuan ^a   Feng, Ying ^b   Zhong, Yang ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI CENTER FOR BIOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpinia hainanensis and katsumadai; Essential Oil; GC MS

Indexed keywords

ALPINIA; ALPINIA HAINANENSIS; ALPINIA KATSUMADAI; DRYOBALANOPS;

EID: 1942477513     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2004-3-402     Document Type: Article

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