Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis of Laurus nobilis essential oil composition of northern Cyprus

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 715-719

  Yalçin, Hasan ^a   Akn, Mehtap ^a   Şanda, Murat Aydin ^a   Çakir, Ahmet ^b  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Laurel; Laurus nobilis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TERPINYL ACETATE; BETA PINENE; CARVACROL; CINEOLE; CUMINALDEHYDE; DIMETHYLSTYRENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; LINALOOL; METHYLEUGENOL; MYRCENE; MYRCENOL; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; SABINENE; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; STYRENE DERIVATIVE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYPRUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAURUS; LAURUS NOBILIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; CYCLOHEXANOLS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LAURUS; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT LEAVES; TERPENES;

CUMINUM CYMINUM; LAURUS NOBILIS;

EID: 37549062163     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2007.404     Document Type: Article

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