Chemotaxonomic evidence suggests that Eriocephalus tenuifolius is the source of Cape chamomile oil and not Eriocephalus punctulatus

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 4-6, 2011, Pages 328-338

  Sandasi, Maxleene ^a   Kamatou, Guy P P ^a   Viljoen, Alvaro M ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape chamomile oil; E. tenuifolius; Eriocephalus punctulatus; MetAlign; MIR; OPLS DA

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTAXONOMY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HERB; INFRARED RADIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

LESOTHO;

ASTERACEAE; ERIOCEPHALUS; ERIOCEPHALUS PUNCTULATUS; ERIOCEPHALUS TENUIFOLIUS;

EID: 80054889537     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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