Investigating antitermitic compounds from australian white cypress heartwood (callitris glaucophylla thompson et johnson) against coptotermes formosanus shiraki

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 346-350

  Watanabe, Yasutaka ^a   Mitsunaga, Tohru ^a   Yoshimura, Tsuyoshi ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Callitris glaucophylla; Columellarin; Coptotermes formosanus; Cupressaceae; Guaianolide; White cypress

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANE; METHANOL; WOOD;

CATTITRIS GLAUCOPHYLLA; COLUMELLARIN; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; CUPRESSACEAE; GUAIANOLIDE; WHITE CYPRESS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEART WOOD; MASS SPECTRA; METHANE; METHANOL; VOLATILE OIL;

CALLITRIS GLAUCOPHYLLA; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; CUPRESSACEAE; CUPRESSUS;

EID: 27744535493     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2005.9698926     Document Type: Article

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