Clinal variation of mentha pulegium essential oils along the climatic gradient of Greece

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 588-593

  Kokkini, Stella ^a   Hanlidou, Effie ^a   Karousou, Regina ^a   Lanaras, Tom ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Essential oil variation; Lamiaceae; Mentha pulegium; P menthane; Pennyroyal

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PLANTS (BOTANY); STATISTICAL METHODS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ESSENTIAL OIL VARIATION; LAMIACEAE; MENTHA PULEGIUM; P-MENTHANE;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MENTHA; MENTHA PULEGIUM;

EID: 9144226859     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2004.9698805     Document Type: Article

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