Influence of environmental factors on essential oil variability in thymbra capitata (l.) cav. Growing wild in southern puglia (Italy)

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 572-580

  Tommasi, Luca ^a   Negro, Carmine ^a   Cerfeda, Antonio ^a   Nutricati, Eliana ^a   Zuccarello, Vincenzo ^a   De Bellis, Luigi ^a   Miceli, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carvacrol; Chemotypes; Environmental variation; Essential oil composition; Lamiaceae; Thymbra capitata; Thymol

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HARVESTING; ITALY; PLANTS (BOTANY); THERMAL EFFECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATION; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; GROWTH AREA; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION INDEX; THYMBRA CAPITATA;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; THYMBRA CAPITATA;

EID: 37049014700     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2007.9699335     Document Type: Article

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