Chemical composition of the essential oil from flowers, flower buds and leaves of Thymus capitatus Hoffmanns. & link from Jordan

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 988-996

  Tawaha, Khaled A ^a   Hudaib, Mohammad M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Essential oil composition; GC and GC MS; Jordan; Lamiaceae; Link; Thymus capitatus Hoffmanns; Za'tar

Indexed keywords

LAMIACEAE; THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS CAPITATUS;

EID: 84879299158     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2012.10662603     Document Type: Article

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