Seasonal variation of essential oils in a linalool-rich chemotype of mentha spicata grown wild in greece)

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 469-472

  Kofidis, George ^a   Bosabalidis, Artemios ^a   Kokkini, Stella ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Essential oil composition; Labiatae; Linalool; Mentha spicata; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DETERGENTS; DISTILLATION; FRAGRANCES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTHERMS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; LABIATAE; LINALOOL; MENTHA SPICATA; SEASONAL VARIATIONS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

LAMIACEAE; MENTHA; MENTHA SPICATA;

EID: 4944261502     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2004.9698773     Document Type: Article

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