Changes in Essential Oil Content and Composition of Catnip (Nepeta cataria L.) During Different Developmental Stages

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 396-400

  Mohammadi, Shirin ^a   Saharkhiz, Mohammad Jamal ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

4a ,7 ,7a nepetalactone; Growth stage; Hydro distillation; Lamiaceae; 4a ,7 ,7a nepetalactone

Indexed keywords

LAMIACEAE; NEPETA; NEPETA CATARIA;

EID: 80052855888     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2011.10643592     Document Type: Article

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