Recent advances in analysis of essential oils

Current Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-70

  Smelcerovic, Andrija ^a   Djordjevic, Aleksandra ^a   Lazarevic, Jelena ^a   Stojanovic, Gordana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Chemometrics; Essential oils analysis; GC; HPLC; Multidimensional chromatographic techniques; NMR

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

CHEMOMETRICES; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; EMERGING TRENDS; ESSENTIAL OIL ANALYSE; FOOD INDUSTRIES; FUTURE TRENDS; GC; HPLC; MULTIDIMENSIONAL CHROMATOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES; OIL ANALYSIS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

EID: 84874910288     PISSN: 15734110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341113804486464     Document Type: Review

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