Chemical composition of volatile constituents from the leaves of Aloe ferox

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 1652-1654

  Magwa, M L ^a   Gundidza, M ^b   Coopoosamy, R M ^a   Mayekiso, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Aloe ferox; Gas chromatography; Mass spectroscopy; Volatile compounds

Indexed keywords

3 CYCLOHEXANE 1 HEPTANOL; 3,6 OCTATRIENE; 5 METHYL 3 HEPTANOL; BORNYLENE; CYCLOPENTADIENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALOE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISTILLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF;

ALOE FEROX;

EID: 33749437427     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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