Chemical analysis of incense smokes used in Shaxi, Southwest China: A novel methodological approach in ethnobotany

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 212-218

  Staub, Peter O ^a   Schiestl, Florian P ^a   Leonti, Marco ^b   Weckerle, Caroline S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

China; Dynamic headspace sorption method; Incense; Plant derived smoke; Smoke analysis; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

CARYOPHYLLENE; CEDROL; DELTA CADINENE; FATTY ACID; MONOTERPENOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PINENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SALICYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; SESQUITERPENOID; TERPENOID; UMBELLUNONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNUS; CORNUS OBLONGA; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS FUNEBRIS; DYNAMIC HEADSPACE SORPTION METHOD; ERICACEAE; ETHNOBOTANY; GAULTHERIA; GAULTHERIA FRAGRANTISSIMA; INCENSE; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS SQUAMATA; LIGUSTRUM; LIGUSTRUM SEMPERVIRENS; LYONIA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PISTACHIO; PISTACIA WEINMANNIIFOLIA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TERNSTROEMIA GYMNANTHERA; THEACEAE;

CHINA; ETHNOBOTANY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; ODORS; PLANTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SMOKE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CUPRESSUS FUNEBRIS; GAULTHERIA; JUNIPERUS SQUAMATA; PISTACIA;

EID: 80255131263     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.08.078     Document Type: Article

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