Variation of the chemical composition of essential oils in Brazilian populations of Cunila menthoides Benth. (Lamiaceae)

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 906-910

  Agostini, G ^a   Agostini, F ^b   Bertolazzi, M ^b   Echeverrigaray, S ^b   Souza Chies, T T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cunila menthoides; Lamiaceae; Linalool; Medicinal plant; Menthone; Pulegone

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISTILLATION; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HERB; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BRAZIL;

CUNILA; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 78650887138     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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