Mode of action of monoterpenes in plant-plant interactions

Current Bioactive Compounds

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-89

  Graña, Elisa ^a   Díaz Tielas, Carla ^a   Sánchez Moreiras, Adela M ^a   Reigosa, Manuel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioherbicides; Essential oils; Mode of action; Monoterpenes; Phytotoxicity; Plant plant interaction

Indexed keywords

1,4 CINEOLE; BETA PINENE; CAMPHOR; CARVACROL; CARVONE; CINEOLE; CITRAL; CITRONELLAL; CITRONELLOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MENTHOL; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; PULEGONE; TERPENE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; WEED CONTROL;

EID: 84891398526     PISSN: 15734072     EISSN: 18756646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340712799828214     Document Type: Article

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