Geographical and environment-related variations of essential oils in isolated populations of Thymus richardii Pers. in the Mediterranean basin

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 246-254

  Llorens, L ^a   Llorens Molina, J A ^b   Agnello, S ^c   Boira, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c CRA SFM Unita di Ricerca per Il Recupero e la Valorizzazione Delle Specie Floricole Mediterranee   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemotypes; Environmental factors; Essential oils; Thymus richardii

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HERB; SAMPLING; SOIL DEPTH;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84904119914     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2014.05.007     Document Type: Article

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