Essential oils of Thymus leucospermus Hartvig, a Greek endemic rich in phenolic monoterpenes

Natural Product Research

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 1800-1803

  Hanlidou, Effie ^a   Lazari, Diamanto ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

carvacrol; essential oil; Greek endemic; Section Teucrioides Jalas; thymol; Thymus leucospermus Hartvig

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; ESSENTIAL OIL; TERPENE; THYMOL;

ARTICLE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THYMUS; THYMUS LEUCOSPERMUS;

THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS VULGARIS;

GREECE; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; TERPENES; THYMOL; THYMUS PLANT;

EID: 84887609538     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2012.755681     Document Type: Article

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