Chemical composition and physical characteristics of the essential oil of Cymbopogon schoenanthus (L.) Spreng of Burkina Faso

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 503-506

  Yentéma, Onadja ^a   Alioune, Ouedraogo ^a   Dorosso, Samate Abdoul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Cymbopogon schoenanthus; Essential oil; Interferometry; Optical activity; Refractive index

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DISTILLATION; FOOD PROCESSING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERFEROMETRY; MEDICINE; MONOTERPENES; OILS AND FATS; OLEFINS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CYMBOPOGON; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY; INTERFEROMETRIC METHODS; OPTICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

EID: 33947328103     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2007.503.506     Document Type: Article

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