Loss of essential oil of tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus L.) due to drying

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 86, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2543-2550

  Arabhosseini, Akbar ^a,b   Padhye, Sudhakar ^a   Van Beek, Teris A ^a   Van Boxtel, Anton J B ^a   Huisman, Willem ^a   Posthumus, Maarten A ^a   Müller, Joachim ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artemisia dracunculus; Drying; Essential oil; French tarragon; Russian tarragon

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA DRACUNCULUS;

EID: 33845367932     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2641     Document Type: Article

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