Volatile constituents of Ocimum minimum herb cultivated in Portugal

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1383-1386

  Skalicka Woźniak, Krystyna ^a   Ludwiczuk, Agnieszka ^a,b   Widelski, Jarosław ^a   Filipe, Joao J ^c   Asakawa, Yoshinori ^b   Głowniak, Kazimierz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Eugenol; GC MS; Linalool; Ocimum minimum; Volatile compounds

Indexed keywords

3 CARENE; ALPHA BULNESENE; BETA ELEMENE; BETA PINENE; BICYCLOGERMACRENE; BORNYL ACETATE; CAMPHOR; CINEOLE; COPAENE; CUBENOL; DELTA CARENE; EUGENOL; GAMMA CADINENE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUMULENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; OCIMENE; OCIMENE OXIDE; OCIMUM MINIMUM EXTRACT; PINENE; SABINENE; SABINENE ACETATE; SESQUIPHELLANDRENE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; TERPINOLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG SCREENING; HERB; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM MINIMUM; PORTUGAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; BASIL; CHEMISTRY;

OCIMUM MINIMUM;

OCIMUM; PLANT OILS; PORTUGAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 73449117967     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0900401014     Document Type: Article

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