Analysis of essential oils of three wild medicinal plants in Albania

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-62

  Ibraliu, A ^a,b   Mi, X ^b   Ristić, Mihailo ^c   Stefanovic, Zora Dajic ^d   Shehu, J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c Institute of Medicinal Plant Research 'Dr Josif Pan i '   (Serbia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Essential oils; Orignanum vulgare; Satureja montana; Thymus capitatus

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; ESSENTIAL OIL; PARA CYMENE; TERPINENE; THYMOL;

ALBANIA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDUSTRY; FOOD INDUSTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; ORIGNANUM VULGARE; SATUREJA MONTANA; THYMUS CAPITATUS; WILD PLANT;

ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE; SATUREJA MONTANA; THYMUS CAPITATUS;

EID: 79551717506     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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