Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. from Western Himalaya †

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Joshi, Virendra P ^b   Kumar, Neeraj ^a   Singh, Bikram ^a   Chamoli, R P ^c  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Suryavinayak Industries Ltd   (India)

^c Govt PG College Khatima   (India)

Author keywords

Apiaceae; Centella asiatica; essential oil; GC MS; sesquiterpene hydrocarbons; humulene; caryophyllene

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649928623     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578X0700200515     Document Type: Article

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