Chemical composition of essential oil of myristica fragrans houtt (nutmeg) from nigeria

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-26

  Ekundayo, O ^a   Ogunwande, I A ^a   Olawore, N O ^b   Adeleke, K A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b University of Technology   (Nigeria)

^c LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Myristica fragrans; Myristicaceae; Sabinene; pinene

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019492779     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972-060X.2003.10643323     Document Type: Article

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