Enantiomeric distribution of selected terpenes for authenticity assessment of Australian Melaleuca alternifolia oil

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 67, Issue , 2015, Pages 475-483

  Wong, Yong Foo ^a   Davies, Noel W ^b   Chin, Sung Tong ^a   Larkman, Tony ^c   Marriott, Philip J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c Australian Tea Tree Industry Association Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adulteration; Authenticity assessment; Enantioselective gas chromatography; Tea tree oil; Terpinen 4 ol; terpineol

Indexed keywords

AUTHENTICATION; CHEMICAL DETECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENANTIOMERS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ESSENTIAL OILS; FORESTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION OF GASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONOTERPENES; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TEA;

ADULTERATION; AUTHENTICITY ASSESSMENT; ENANTIOSELECTIVE GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; TEA TREE OIL; TERPINEN-4-OL;

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESSENTIAL OIL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; TERPENE;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PLANTATIONS; TERPENES; VOLATILE OIL;

AUSTRALIA;

MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA;

EID: 84922615801     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2015.01.066     Document Type: Article

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