Essential oil constituents of peppermint, pennyroyal, and apple mint grown in a desert agrosystem

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 361-367

  Aziz, Eman E ^a   Craker, L E ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Mentha pulegium; Mentha rotundifolia; Mentha suaveolens; Mentha x piperita

Indexed keywords

2 MENTH 1 EN 8 OL; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERANYL ACETATE; ISOMENTHONE; ISOMENTHYL ACETATE; LINALOOL; MENTHOL; MENTHONE; PEPPERMINT OIL; PULEGONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ARID REGION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH RATE; HERB; IRRIGATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OIL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SECONDARY SECTOR INDUSTRY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DESERT; MENTHA; MENTHA PIPERITA; MENTHA PULEGIUM; MENTHA SUAVEOLENS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

MENTHA; MENTHA PULEGIUM; MENTHA SUAVEOLENS; MENTHA X PIPERITA;

EID: 77951437250     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: 15403580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10496470903507940     Document Type: Article

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