An in-depth review on the medicinal flora Rosmarinus officinalis (lamiaceae)

Acta Scientiarum Polonorum, Technologia Alimentaria

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-73

  Begum, Asia ^a   Sandhya, Subarda ^a   Ali, Syed Shaffath ^b   Vinod, Kombath Ravindran ^a   Reddy, Swapna ^a   Banji, David ^a  

^a Nalanda College of Pharmacy   (India)

^b Department of Pharmacology   (India)

Author keywords

Borneol; Culinary; Hair growth; Lamiaceae; Rosemary

Indexed keywords

BORNEOL; CULINARY; HAIR GROWTH; LAMIACEAE; ROSEMARY;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; MONOTERPENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

BORNANE DERIVATIVE; BORNYL ACETATE; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CINEOLE; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL OIL; ISOBORNEOL; PLANT EXTRACT; TERPENE;

CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; ROSMARINUS;

BORNANES; CAMPHOR; CYCLOHEXANOLS; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; ROSMARINUS; TERPENES;

EID: 84875279607     PISSN: 16440730     EISSN: 18989594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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