Composition of the limonene dominated leaf essential oil of Nigerian anacardium occidentale

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 351-353

  Moronkola, D Olufunke ^a   Kasali, Adeleke A ^b   Ekundayo, Olusegun ^c  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anacardiaceae; Anacardium occidentale; Essential oil composition; Limonene

Indexed keywords

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

ANACARDIACEAE; ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; LIMONENE;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE;

EID: 34547470130     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2007.9699302     Document Type: Article

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