Determination of essential oil variations of Thymbra spicata var. spicata L. naturally growing in the wild flora of East Mediterranean and Southeastern Anatolia regions of Turkey

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 593-600

  Kizil, Süleyman ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carvacrol chemotype; Essential oil; Mediterranean region; Minerals; Southeastern Anatolia region; Thymbra spicata var. spicata L.

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PARTS; AROMATIC PLANTS; CHARACTERISATION; CHEMICAL COMPONENT; CHEMOTYPES; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; FOOD INDUSTRIES; HIGHER YIELD; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MICROELEMENTS; MINERAL ELEMENT; OIL COMPOSITION; SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIA REGION; TERPINENE; THYMBRA SPICATA;

CALCIUM; CULTIVATION; DISTILLATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GAS OILS; LOCATION; MINERALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ALKALINE EARTH METAL; DISTILLATION; DRUG; ESSENTIAL OIL; FOOD INDUSTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH RATE; HERB; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINERAL; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHORUS; SEED; SODIUM; WILD POPULATION; YIELD;

ANATOLIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TURKEY;

THYMBRA; THYMBRA SPICATA;

EID: 77957241704     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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