Chemical Composition of Essential oil from the Oleogum Resin of Commiphora habessinica (Berg.) Engl. from Yemen

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 244-249

  Ali, Nasser A Awadh ^a   Wurster, Martina ^b   Lindequist, Ulrike ^b  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Commiphora habessinica; Essential oil; GC MS; elemene

Indexed keywords

COMMIPHORA; COMMIPHORA HABESSINICA;

EID: 66849091887     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2009.10643717     Document Type: Article

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