Chemical composition of the essential oil of plectranthus melissoides benth

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-260

  Mallavarapu, G R ^a   Ramesh, S ^a   Mengi, N ^b   Kalra, A ^b  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

^b Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Field Station   (India)

Author keywords

Benth; Carvacrol; Essential oil composition; Lamiaceae; P cymene; Plectranthus melissoides; terpinene

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY);

Γ-TERPINENE; CARVACROL; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; LAMIACEAE; P-CYMENE; PLECTRANTHUS MELISSOIDES BENTH;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PLECTRANTHUS;

EID: 27744601971     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2005.9698895     Document Type: Article

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