Culture conditions and salt effects on essential oil composition of sweet marjoram (Origanum majorana) from Tunisia

Acta Pharmaceutica

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 251-261

  Baĝtour, Olfa ^a   Tarchoune, Imen ^a   Mahmoudi, Hela ^a   Nassri, Nawel ^a   Abidi, Wissal ^a   Kaddour, Rym ^a   Hamdaoui, Ghaith ^b   Nasri Ayachi, Mouhiba ^a   Lachaĝl, Mohtar ^a   Marzouk, Brahim ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

culture chamber; greenhouse; Origanum majorana; salt; terpinen 4 ol; yield

Indexed keywords

EICOSANE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SABINENE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPATHULENOL; TERPINEN 4 OL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVICES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE; HERB; HYDROPONICS; MARJORAM; NONHUMAN; TUNISIA;

EID: 84863480764     PISSN: 13300075     EISSN: 18469558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10007-012-0019-9     Document Type: Article

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