The chemical composition of the essential oils of Euphorbia caracasana and E. cotinifolia (Euphorbiaceae) from Venezuela

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 571-572

  Rojas, Janne ^a   Baldovino, Shirley ^a   Vizcaya, Marietta ^a   Rojas, Luis B ^a   Morales, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

E. Caracasana; E. Cotinifolia; Essential oil; Euphorbiaceae; Germacrene d; humulene; caryophyllene

Indexed keywords

AROMADENDRENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; COPAENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUPHORBIA CARACASANA EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA COTINIFOLIA EXTRACT; GERMACRENE D; HUMULENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA CARACASANA; EUPHORBIA COTINIFOLIA; HERBAL MEDICINE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; VENEZUELA; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PLANT LEAF;

CAPSICUM PUBESCENS; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA COTINIFOLIA; EUPHORBIACEAE;

EUPHORBIA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT LEAVES; VENEZUELA;

EID: 67650604266     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0900400426     Document Type: Article

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