Volatile Constituents in Oil from Different Plant Parts of Methyl Eugenol-Rich Ocimum tenuiflorum L.F. (syn. O. Sanctum L.) Grown in South India

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 656-658

  Kothari, S K ^a   Bhattacharya, A K ^a   Ramesh, S ^a   Garg, S N ^a   Khanuja, S P S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Essential oil composition; Lamiaceae; Methyl eugenol; Ocimum sanctum; Ocimum tenuiflorum; caryophyllene

Indexed keywords

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

ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; LAMIACEAE; OCIMUM SANCTUM;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

BETA (ANGIOSPERM); LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; OCIMUM BASILICUM; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM;

EID: 30344479435     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2005.9699025     Document Type: Article

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