Composition of the essential oil from wild marjoram (origanum vulgare L.ssp. vulgare) cultivated in Estonia

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 384-387

  Ivask, K ^a   Orav, A ^a   Kailas, T ^a   Raal, A ^b   Arak, E ^b   Paaver, U ^b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

(E) caryophyllene; Caryophyllene oxide; Essential oil composition; Germacrene D; Linalool; Origanum vulgare; Sabinene; Spathulenol; Wild marjoram; ocimene

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; COMPOSITION; DISTILLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

Β-OCIMENE; (E)-Β-CARYOPHYLLENE; CARYOPHENYLLENE OXIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; GERMACRENE D; LINALOOL; ORIGANUM VULGARE; SABINENE; SPATHULENOL; WILD MARJORAM;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ORIGANUM VULGARE;

EID: 27744499760     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2005.9698938     Document Type: Article

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