Essential oil content and composition in commercial achillea millefolium l. herbs from different countries

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-31

  Raal, Ain ^a   Orav, Anne ^b   Arak, Elmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

1.8 cineole; Achillea millefolium; Chamazulene; Commercial samples; Essential oil; European Pharmacopoeia; Yarrow

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM;

EID: 84862181268     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2012.10644015     Document Type: Article

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