Study on the essential oil of lawsonia inermis (l) lythraceae

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 184-188

  Ogunbinu, Akinola O ^a   Ogunwande, Isiaka A ^b   Walker, Tameka M ^c   Setzer, William N ^c  

^a BOWEN UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

1,8 cineole; Essential oil composition; GC MS; Lawsonia inermis; Lythraceae; pinene

Indexed keywords

LAWSONIA INERMIS; LYTHRACEAE;

EID: 34547361046     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2007.10643540     Document Type: Article

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