Chemical composition and fungitoxic activity of essential oil of Thuja orientalis L. grown in the north-western Himalaya

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 211-214

  Guleria, Sanjay ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^b   Tiku, Ashok Kumar ^a  

^a SHER E KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^b CSK HIMACHAL PRADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Thuja orientalis L.; cedrol

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; PLATYCLADUS ORIENTALIS; THUJA;

EID: 49649126372     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2008-3-409     Document Type: Article

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