Essential oil composition of sixteen elite cultivars of Mentha from western Himalayan region, India

Maejo International Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-93

  Padalia, Rajendra C ^a   Verma, Ram S ^a   Chauhan, Amit ^a   Sundaresan, Velusamy ^b   Chanotiya, Chandan S ^b  

^a Research Centre   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

Essential oils; Mentha arvensis; Mentha citrata; Mentha spicata; Western Himalayan region

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875345688     PISSN: 19057873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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