Essential Oil Chemotype of Iranian Ajowan (Trachyspermum ammi L.)

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 273-276

  Soltani Howyzeh, Mehdi ^a   Sadat Noori, Seyed Ahmad ^a   Shariati J, Vahid ^b   Niazian, Mohsen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ajowan; food industry; GC MS; pharmaceutical industry; thymol

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044825055     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2018.1433074     Document Type: Article

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