Chemical compositions of the bark essential oils of croton monteverdensis and croton niveus from Monteverde Costa Rica

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 567-572

  Setzer, William N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark essential oil; Borneol; Chemical composition; Cineole; Croton monteverdensis; Croton niveus; Euphorbiaceae; Linalool; pinene; pinene

Indexed keywords

EID: 39349110525     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0600100710     Document Type: Article

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