Effect of different ecological environments on growth and active substances of garden thyme

Advances in Environmental Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 780-783

  Alizadeh, Ardalan ^a   Alizadeh, Omid ^b   Sharafzadeh, Shahram ^b   Mansoori, Somayeh ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carvacrol; Greenhouse; Medicinal plants; Thymol; Thymus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 79960402494     PISSN: 19950756     EISSN: 19981066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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