Variability in essential oil content and composition of Origanum hirtum L., Origanum onites L., Coridothymus capitatus (L.) and Satureja thymbra L. populations from the Greek island Ikaria

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 236-241

  Economou, G ^a   Panagopoulos, G ^a   Tarantilis, P ^a   Kalivas, D ^a   Kotoulas, V ^a   Travlos, I S ^a   Polysiou, M ^a   Karamanos, A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carvacrol; Coridothymus capitatus L.; Oregano; Origanum hirtum L.; Origanum onites L.; Satureja thymbra L.

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; CORIDOTHYMUS CAPITATUS L.; OREGANO; ORIGANUM HIRTUM L.; ORIGANUM ONITES L.; SATUREJA THYMBRA;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PHENOLS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLOWERING; GIS; HERB; ISLAND; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION MAPPING;

CORIDOTHYMUS CAPITATUS; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM ONITES; SATUREJA THYMBRA;

EID: 78649698016     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2010.10.021     Document Type: Article

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