Comparative essential oil composition of leaves of mentha rotundifolia and mentha pulegium a traditional herbal medicine in Morocco

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-54

  Derwich, E ^a   Benziane, Z ^b   Taouil, R ^c   Senhaji, O ^c   Touzani, M ^c  

^a SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c MOULAY ISMAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Essential oil composition; GC MS; Mentha pulegium; Mentha rotundifolia

Indexed keywords

MENTHA; MENTHA PULEGIUM; MENTHA SUAVEOLENS;

EID: 77954111458     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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