Chemical and genetic variability of Thymus algeriensis Boiss. et Reut. (Lamiaceae), a North African endemic species

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 277-284

  Ben El Hadj Ali, Imen ^a   Guetat, Arbi ^a   Boussaid, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Genetic diversity; Natural populations; RAPDs; Thymus algeriensis; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DIVERSITY; NATURAL POPULATION; RAPDS; THYMUS ALGERIENSIS; TUNISIA;

BIODIVERSITY; PHENOLS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATIC REGION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERB; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POPULATION STRUCTURE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

NORTH AFRICA;

LAMIACEAE; THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS HIRTUS;

EID: 84859803683     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.03.021     Document Type: Article

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