A Contemporary Introduction to Essential Oils: Chemistry, Bioactivity and Prospects for Australian Agriculture

Agriculture (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 48-102

  Sadgrove, Nicholas ^a   Jones, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Australian; Chemotype; Cultivar; Cultivation; Essential oil; History; Organic chemistry; Pharmacology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966740106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/agriculture5010048     Document Type: Review

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