Essential oil production in shoot cultures versus field-grown plants of Thymus caespititius

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 341-351

  Mendes, Marta D ^a   Figueiredo, Anna Cristina ^a   Margarida Oliveira, M ^b   Trindade, Helena ^a  

^a Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia Lisboa   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carvacrol; Chemotypes; In vitro culture; Lamiaceae; Sabinene; Thyme; Thymol

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS OILS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONOTERPENES; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PHENOLS; THYMUS;

CARVACROL; CHEMOTYPES; IN-VITRO; LAMIACEAE; SABINENE; THYME; THYMOL;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

LAMIACEAE; THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS CAESPITITIUS; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 84876190113     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-012-0276-9     Document Type: Article

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