Seasonal variation in essential oil content and composition of Thyme, Thymus serpyllum l. Cultivated in Uttarakhand hills

Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-235

  Verma, R S ^a   Verma, R K ^b   Chauhan, A ^a   Yadav, A K ^a  

^a Research Centre   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

?terpinene; Composition; essential oil content; seasonal variation; thymol; Thymus serpyllum

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; PARA CYMENE; TERPINENE; THYME OIL; THYMOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRODISTILLATION; INDIA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; SEASONAL VARIATION; THYME;

EID: 84856104766     PISSN: 0250474X     EISSN: 19983743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0250-474X.91570     Document Type: Article

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