Variability in essential oil composition of Turkish basils (Ocimum basilicum L.)

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 489-497

  Telci, Isa ^a   Bayram, Emine ^b   Yilmaz, Güngör ^a   Avci, Betül ^b  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Basil; Chemotypes; Essential oil; GC MS; Ocimum basilicum

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 33645882962     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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