Differences in essential oil production and leaf structure in phenotypes of damiana (Turnera diffusa Willd.)

Journal of Plant Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 378-382

  Alcaraz Meléndez, Lilia ^a   Real Cosío, Sergio ^a   Suchý, Václav ^b   Švajdlenka, Emil ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Essential oils; Gas chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Phenotypes; Structure and ultrastructure; Turnera diffusa

Indexed keywords

TURNERA; TURNERA DIFFUSA;

EID: 34547820896     PISSN: 12269239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03030671     Document Type: Article

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