Agronomical and chemical characterisation of Thymbra capitata (L.) Cav. biotypes from Sicily, Italy

Natural Product Research

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 1289-1299

  Tuttolomondo, Teresa ^a   Dugo, Giacomo ^b   Leto, Claudio ^a   Cicero, Nicola ^b   Tropea, Alessia ^b   Virga, Giuseppe ^a   Leone, Raffaele ^a   Licata, Mario ^a   La Bella, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

biomass; essential oils; PCA; Sicily; Thymbra capitata (L.) Cav

Indexed keywords

BORNEOL; CARVACROL; CARYOPHYLLENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; MYRCENE; P CYMENE; PINENE; TERPINENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADAPTATION; AGRONOMIC TRAIT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOTYPE; CLIMATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; ITALY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; THYMBRA CAPITATA; THYMUS (PLANT); CHEMISTRY; ECOTYPE; LAMIACEAE;

THYMBRA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ECOTYPE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LAMIACEAE; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; SICILY;

EID: 84931569354     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2014.997726     Document Type: Article

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