Seasonal variation of Thymus hyemalis Lange and Spanish Thymus vulgaris L. essential oils composition

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 253-263

  Jordan M J ^a   Martinez R M ^a   Goodner, K L ^b   Baldwin, E A ^b   Sotomayor, J A ^a  

^a IMIDA   (Spain)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Phenological stages; Thyme; Thymus hyemalis; Thymus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; COMPOSITION; CORRELATION METHODS; ESTERS; HYDROCARBONS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FULL BLOOM (FB); PHENOLOGICAL STAGES; THYME; THYMUS HYEMALIS; THYMUS VULGARIS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ESSENTIAL OIL; PHENOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

DRYOBALANOPS; THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS HYEMALIS; THYMUS VULGARIS;

ALCOHOL; CONCENTRATION; CROP PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; HYDROCARBON; MATURITY; OIL; PACKAGE;

EID: 33845344756     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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