Evolution of the yields and composition of essential oil from Portuguese myrtle (Myrtus comunis L.) through the vegetative cycle

Molecules

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3094-3105

  Pereira, Paula C ^a,b   Cebola, Maria João ^a,b   Bernardo Gil, M Gabriela ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

1,8 cineole; Essential oil; Limonene; Myrtenyl acetate; Myrtle; Myrtus communis L.

Indexed keywords

CINEOLE; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL OIL; LIMONENE; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MYRTLE;

CYCLOHEXANOLS; CYCLOHEXENES; MONOTERPENES; MYRTUS; OILS, VOLATILE; TERPENES;

EID: 69549119819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules14083094     Document Type: Article

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