Seasonal variation in the leaf essential oil composition of Sassafras albidum

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 829-832

  Kaler, Kristi M ^a   Setzer, William N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

(E) caryophyllene; Essential oil composition; GC MS; Geranial; Lauraceae; Limonene; Neral; Sassafras albidum; Seasonal variation; pinene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; BETA ELEMENE; BETA FARNESENE; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CARVEOL; CARYOPHYLLENE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CITRAL; COPAENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; ESTRAGOLE; EUGENOL; GAMMA CADINENE; GERANIOL; GERMACRENE D; HUMULENE; HUMULENE DERIVATIVE; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; NEROL; NEROLIDOL; OCIMENE; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM EXTRACT; TERPINEOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZINGIBERENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GROWING SEASON; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SASSAFRAS; SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES;

LAURACEAE; SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM;

EID: 77949295089     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0800300529     Document Type: Article

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