Essential oil content and composition of Indian sandalwood (Santalum album) in Sri Lanka

Journal of Forestry Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-130

  Subasinghe, Upul ^a   Gamage, Manuri ^a   Hettiarachchi, D S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Wescorp Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

essential oil; Sandalwood; santalol; Santalum album; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ESSENTIAL OIL; HARVESTING; MOUNTAIN REGION; SHRUB; YIELD RESPONSE;

SRI LANKA;

SANTALUM; SANTALUM ALBUM;

EID: 84872304567     PISSN: 1007662X     EISSN: 19930607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11676-013-0331-3     Document Type: Article

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