Screening the essential oil composition of wild Sicilian oregano

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 484-493

  Napoli, Edoardo M ^a   Curcuruto, Giusy ^a   Ruberto, Giuseppe ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Essential oil; GC MS; Origanum spp; Sicily; Thymol

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISTILLATION; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HERB; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

ORIGANUM;

EID: 69649107271     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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