Chemical composition of the essential oil and supercritical CO2 extract of Commiphora myrrha (Nees) Engl. and of Acorus calamus L.

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 7939-7943

  Marongiu, Bruno ^a   Piras, Alessandra ^a   Porcedda, Silvia ^a   Scorciapino, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acorus calamus; Commiphora myrrha; Essential oil; Supercritical carbon dioxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL;

ACORUS; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ACORUS; ANGIOSPERMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, SUPERCRITICAL FLUID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; OILS, VOLATILE;

ACORUS CALAMUS; COMMIPHORA; COMMIPHORA MYRRHA;

EID: 27144479460     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf051100x     Document Type: Article

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