The botanical source of chinese cedarwood oil: Cupressus funebris or cupressaceae species?

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-242

  Adams, Robert P ^a   Li, Shufen ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cedrol; Chinese cedarwood oils; Cis thujopsene; Cuparene; Cupressaceae; Cupressus funebris; Essential oil composition; Juniperus chinensis; Origin; Variation; cedrene; cedrene

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; WOOD;

CEDROL; CUPARENE; CUPRESSACEAE;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

CUPRESSUS; FORESTS; JUNIPERUS; TUNG OIL; VOLATILE OIL;

CUPRESSACEAE; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS FUNEBRIS; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS CHINENSIS; PLATYCLADUS ORIENTALIS;

EID: 43749109402     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2008.9700001     Document Type: Article

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