Chemical composition of essential oils from fresh plant parts of korarima (aframomum corrorima) cultivated in the highland of southern ethiopia

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 372-375

  Eyob, Solomon ^a   Appelgren, Maigull ^a   Rohloff, Jens ^b   Tsegaye, Admasu ^c   Messele, Gezahegn ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Debub University   (Ethiopia)

^d ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

1,8 cineole; Aframomum corrorima; Essential oil composition; False cardamom; Zingiberaceae; terpinene

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISTILLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOISTURE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AFRAMOMUM CORRORIMA; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; FALSE CARDAMOM; ZINGIBERACEAE;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

AFRAMOMUM; ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 34547470129     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2007.9699308     Document Type: Article

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