Leaf oils of two new avocado varieties endemic to Costa Rica

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 705-707

  Scora, Rainer W ^a   Scora, Peter E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential oil composition; Germacrene D; Lauraceae; Persea americana var. costaricensis; Persea americana var. tilaranensis; phellandrene; caryophyllene

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009539308     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.1998.9701016     Document Type: Article

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