Sweet basil essential oil composition: Relationship between cultivar, foliar feeding with nitrogen and oil content

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-227

  Nurzyńska Wierdak, Renata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

1,8 cineole; Epi cadinol; Eugenol; GC FID; GC MS; Geraniol; Linalool; Methyl chavicol; Ocimum basilicum L; Sweet basil cultivars; Urea application

Indexed keywords

1 ,8-CINEOLE; CADINOL; EUGENOL; GC-FID; GC-MS; GERANIOL; LINALOOL; METHYL CHAVICOL; OCIMUM BASILICUM; SWEET BASIL;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DISTILLATION; GAS GENERATORS; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); UREA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

EID: 84864839101     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2012.676763     Document Type: Article

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