Essential oils yield and heavy metals content of some aromatic medicinal plants grown in ash-shoubak region, south of Jordan

Advances in Environmental Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 296-301

  Abu Darwish, Mohammad Sanad ^a  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Essential oils; Heavy metals; Sage; Thyme

Indexed keywords

SALVIA; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS SERPYLLUM; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 77955605569     PISSN: 19950756     EISSN: 19981066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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