Chemical composition of the essential oil of cymbopogon flexuosus (steud) wats. growing in kumaon region

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 588-593

  Chowdhury, Somit Roy ^a   Tandon, P K ^a   Chowdhury, A R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^b CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Cymbopogon flexuosus (Steud) Wats; Essential oil

Indexed keywords

CYMBOPOGON; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; CYMBOPOGON FLEXUOSUS;

EID: 78049295168     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2010.10643867     Document Type: Article

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