Chemical constituents of essential oils from three eucalyptus species acclimatized in Ethiopia and Kenya

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 561-567

  Manguro, Lawrence O A ^a   Opiyo, Sylvia A ^a   Asefa, Abera ^b   Dagne, Ermias ^b   Muchori, Pauline W ^c  

^a MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c KENYA FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; E. camaldulensis; E. globulus; Essential oils; Eucalyptus citriodora; Myrtaceae

Indexed keywords

CORYMBIA CITRIODORA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 78049248482     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2010.10643863     Document Type: Article

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