Influence of ecological factors on carvacrol content of satureja khuzestanica jamzad

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 630-638

  Pirbalouti, Abdollah Ghasemi ^a   Moalem, Elham ^b   Yousefi, Mehdi ^b   Malekpoor, Fatemeh ^a   Yousef Naanaie, Sadigheh ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Ahvaz Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center Khuzestan   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carvacrol; Ecological factors; Electrical conductivity; Latitude; Satureja khuzestanica

Indexed keywords

SATUREJA;

EID: 84856180076     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2011.10643982     Document Type: Article

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