Chemical investigation of the essential oil of Thymus linearis (Benth. ex Benth) from western Himalaya, India

Natural Product Research

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1890-1896

  Verma, R S ^a   Padalia, R C ^a   Chanotiya, C S ^b   Chauhan, A ^a  

^a Research Centre   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

terpinene; essential oil; GC MS; p cymene; thymol; Thymus linearis

Indexed keywords

3 CARENE; 3 OCTANONE; 4 CYMEN 8 OL; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ALPHA THUJENE; BENZALDEHYDE; BETA PHELLANDRENE; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CARVACROL; CARVACROL METHYL ETHER; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; LIMONENE; MYRCENE; OCIMENE; PARA CYMENE; PHENOL; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; SABINENE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; THYME OIL; THYMOL; THYMOL METHYL ETHER; THYMUS LINEARIS EXTRACT; THYMYL ACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DISTILLATION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; INDIA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDIA; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; THYMOL; THYMUS PLANT;

THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 78649504136     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786411003754322     Document Type: Article

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