Essential oil constituents of chenopodium ambrosioides L. Leaves from Nigeria

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 220-222

  Onocha, Patricia A ^a   Ekundayo, Olusegun ^a   Eramo, Tinna ^b   Laakso, Into ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chenopodiaceae; Chenopodium ambrosioides; Essential oil composition; terpinene; terpinyl acetate

Indexed keywords

EID: 5044236614     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.1999.9701116     Document Type: Article

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