Analysis of the essential oil components from different Carum copticumL. samples from Iran

Pharmacognosy Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-66

  Zarshenas, Mohammad M ^a,b   Samani, Soliman Mohammadi ^c   Petramfar, Peyman ^d   Moein, Mahmoodreza ^b  

^a Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center   (Iran)

^b Medicinal Plants Processing Research Center   (Iran)

^c Yazd School of Medicine   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ajwain; Carum copticum L; essential oil; GC analysis

Indexed keywords

BETA PHELLANDRENE; BETA PINENE; CARVACROL; CARVONE; ESSENTIAL OIL; LIMONENE; MYRCENE; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; THYMOL;

ARTICLE; CARUM; CARUM COPTICUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRODISTILLATION; IRAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT SEED;

EID: 84891839555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.122920     Document Type: Article

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