Significance of long chain iso and anteiso monomethyl alkanes in the Lamiaceae (mint family)

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 156-165

  Huang, Xianyu ^a   Meyers, Philip A ^b   Wu, Weichao ^a   Jia, Chenglin ^a   Xie, Shucheng ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HERBS; CULTURAL VALUE; DIFFERENT ORIGINS; ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS; HUBEI PROVINCE; ISOALKANES; LAMIACEAE; LAND PLANTS; LONG CHAINS; TOBACCO PLANTS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; TOBACCO;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HERB; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TOBACCO;

CHINA; HUBEI;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LAMIACEAE; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA;

EID: 79251649632     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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