The essential oil of turpentine and its major volatile fraction (α- and β-pinenes): A review

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 331-342

  Mercier, Beatrice ^a   Prost, Josiane ^a   Prost, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b Lara Spiral SA   (France)

Author keywords

Spirits of turpentine; pinene; pinene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA-PINENE; BETA PINENE; BETA-PINENE; BICYCLO COMPOUND; ESSENTIAL OIL; PINENE; TERPENE; TURPENTINE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; TURPENTINE;

EID: 77749267767     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-009-0032-5     Document Type: Review

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