Chemical composition of leaf essential oil of syzygium densiflorum wall. ex wt. & arn.- a vulnerable tree species

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 283-287

  Saranya, Jothiramshekar ^a   Eganathan, Palanisami ^a   Sujanapal, Puthiyapurayil ^a   Parida, Ajay ^a  

^a M S SWAMINATHAN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Isoledene; Myrtaceae; Syzygium densiflorum; gurjunene; maaliene

Indexed keywords

MYRTACEAE; SYZYGIUM;

EID: 84862252936     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2012.10644048     Document Type: Article

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