The Essential Oil Composition of Calamintha officinalis Moench from Iran

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 494-498

  Morteza Semnani, Katayoun ^a   Akbarzadeh, Mohammad ^b  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SARI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Calamintha officinalis; Essential oil composition; Germacrene D; Lamiaceae; Piperitenone; bisabolene; bourbonene

Indexed keywords

CALAMINTHA SYLVATICA ASCENDENS; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 38749118214     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2007.10643585     Document Type: Article

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