The influence of organ and post-harvest drying period on yield and chemical composition of the essential oils of Etlingera elatior (Zingiberaceae)

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3432-3439

  Abdelmageed, A H A ^a,b   Faridah, Q Z ^a   Nur Amalina, A ^a   Yaacob, Muhamad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Essential oils; Etlingera elatior; Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC MS); Postharvest drying; Zingiberaceae

Indexed keywords

2 CYCLOHEXENONE; 2 TRIDECANONE; ALICYCLIC COMPOUND; ESSENTIAL OIL; LAURYL ALCOHOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ETLINGERA ELATIOR; HARVEST PERIOD; HYDRODISTILLATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PLANT YIELD; RHIZOME; ZINGIBERACEAE;

ETLINGERA ELATIOR; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 84860389585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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