Aroma profile of leaf and stem of lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.) grown under greenhouse conditions

Advances in Environmental Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 547-550

  Sharafzadeh, Shahram ^a   Khosh Khui, Morteza ^b   Javidnia, Katayoon ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

GC MS; Geranial; Hydrodistillation; Medicinal plants; Neral

Indexed keywords

CITRUS LIMON; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MELISSA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 79960385513     PISSN: 19950756     EISSN: 19981066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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