Annual variation of yield and composition of the essential oil of common juniper (Juniperus communis L.) branches from Estonia

Baltic Forestry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-56

  Raal, A ^a   Kanut, Margarita ^a   Orav, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

pinene; Branches; Common juniper; Essential oil; European pharmacopoeia; Harvesting time; Juniperus communis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958481192     PISSN: 13921355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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