Chemical composition of the essential oil of Achillea umbellata growing in Greece

Natural Product Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 264-270

  Tzakou, Olga ^a   Loukis, Anargyros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

thujone; Achillea umbellata; Camphor; Compositae; Essential oil composition

Indexed keywords

ABSINTHOL; ALPHA CADINOL; BETA EUDESMOL; BETA IONONE; BETA THUYONE; BORNEOL; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CARVENONE; CARVONE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CINEOLE; COPAENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; GERANYL ACETATE; GERMACRENE D; LINALOOL; MYRTENAL; MYRTENOL; NONANOL; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; PINOCARVONE; PIPERITONE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SABINENE; TERPINENE; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA UMBELLATA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISTILLATION; DRUG ISOLATION; FLOWER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GREECE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH;

ACHILLEA; CAMPHOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GREECE; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT OILS;

ACHILLEA; ASTERACEAE; DRYOBALANOPS;

EID: 62249175492     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786410801997166     Document Type: Article

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