Essential oil composition of two Myrtus communis L. varieties grown in North Tunisia

Italian Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 180-186

  Wannes, Wissem Aidi ^a   Mhamdi, Baya ^a   Marzouk, Brahim ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

pinene; 1,8 cineole; Different parts; Essential oil; Myrtus communis var. italica; var. Baetica

Indexed keywords

ALPHA-PINENE; CINEOLE; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL OIL; PINENE; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRUIT; MYRTLE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TUNISIA;

CYCLOHEXANOLS; FRUIT; MONOTERPENES; MYRTUS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUNISIA;

MYRTUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 34547700317     PISSN: 00212938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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