Variations in the volatile compounds of a fennel (foeniculum vulgare mill.) variety grown in a semi-arid mediterranean environment

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-288

  Carrubba, Alessandra ^a   la Torre, Raffaele ^a   Di Prima, Antonella ^b   Saiano, Filippo ^b   Alonzo, Giuseppe ^b  

^a DAAT Dipartimento Agronomia Ambientale e Territoriale   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anethole; Fennel; GCMS; SPME

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897441797     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2005.10662139     Document Type: Article

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