Essential oil yield and chemical composition changes during leaf ontogeny of palmarosa (Cymbopogon martinii var. motia)

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1947-1950

  Rajeswara Rao, Bhaskaruni R ^a   Rajput, Dharmendra K ^a   Patel, Rajendra P ^a   Purnanand, Somasi ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cymbopogon martinii var. motia; Essential oil composition; Essential oil yield; Geraniol; Leaf biomass yield; Leaf ontogeny; Palmarosa

Indexed keywords

CARYOPHYLLENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FARNESOL; GERANIOL; GERANYL ACETATE; GERANYL HEXANOATE; GERANYL ISOBUTYRATE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; TERPINEOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYMBOPOGON; CYMBOPOGON MARTINII; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ONTOGENY; PLANT LEAF;

BIOMASS; CYMBOPOGON; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT LEAVES;

CYMBOPOGON MARTINII; POACEAE;

EID: 78751485437     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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