Effect of gamma and e-beam radiation on the essential oils of Thymus vulgaris thymoliferum, Eucalyptus radiata, and Lavandula angustifolia

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 6082-6086

  Haddad, Mohamed ^a   Herent, Marie France ^a   Tilquin, Bernard ^a   Quetin Leclercq, Joëlle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ionizing radiation; e beam ionizing radiation; Essential oil; GLC, GC MS

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUCALYPTUS; GAMMA RADIATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAVENDER; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THYME;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; EUCALYPTUS; GAMMA RAYS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LAVANDULA; OILS, VOLATILE; THYMUS PLANT;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS RADIATA; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 34547817753     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf063540+     Document Type: Article

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