Evaluation of the chemical composition of Brazilian commercial Cymbopogon citratus (D.C.) stapf samples

Molecules

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1864-1874

  Barbosa, Luiz Cláudio Almeida ^a   Pereira, Ulisses Alves ^a   Martinazzo, Ana Paula ^a,b   Maltha, Célia Regina Álvares ^a   Teixeira, Róbson Ricardo ^a   Melo, Evandro De Castro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Citronella grass; Cymbopogon citratus; Essential oil; Lemongrass; Losses and changes of oil

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; CYMBOPOGON; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PLANT LEAF; STANDARD;

BRAZIL; CYMBOPOGON; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS;

EID: 50949102071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules13081864     Document Type: Article

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