Volatile constituents of Festuca nigrescens, Phleum alpinum and Poa alpina from N.W. Italian alpine pastures

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-105

  Tava, Aldo ^a   Cecotti, Roberto ^a   Grecchi, Maris ^a   Falchero, Luca ^b   Coppa, Mauro ^b   Lombardi, Giampiero ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine grasses; Essential oil composition; Festuca nigrescens; GC MS; Phleum alpinum; Poa alpina

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; BENZALDEHYDE; CARVACROL; COUMARIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; ESTER DERIVATIVE; EUGENOL; FESTUCA NIGRESCENS EXTRACT; FURFURAL; HEXANAL; HYDROCARBON; KETONE DERIVATIVE; LAURIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; NONANOIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHLEUM ALPINUM EXTRACT; PHYTOL; PLANT EXTRACT; POA ALPINA EXTRACT; SQUALENE; STEARIC ACID; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPINEOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISTILLATION; FESTUCA NIGRESCENS; FLOWERING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRASS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; PHLEUM ALPINUM; PLANT TISSUE; POA ALPINA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUMMER; CHEMISTRY; FESCUE; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POA;

FESTUCA NIGRESCENS; PHLEUM ALPINUM; POA ALPINA; POACEAE;

FESTUCA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; OILS, VOLATILE; PHLEUM; POA;

EID: 79953021174     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1100600124     Document Type: Article

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