Essential oil from the flowers and leaves of cassia fistula L.

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 360-361

  Tzakou, O ^a   Loukis, A ^a   Said, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

(E) nerolidol; 2 hexadecanone; Cassia fistula; Essential oil composition; Leguminosae; Phytol

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547472722     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2007.9699305     Document Type: Article

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