Chemical defense of the mint plant, Teucrium marum (Labiatae)

Chemoecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 211-216

  Eisner, Thomas ^a   Eisner, Maria ^a   Aneshansley, Daniel J ^a   Wu, Chia Li ^a,b   Meinwald, Jerrold ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chemical defense; Dolichodial; Insect repellent; Labiatae; Terpenes; Teucrein; Teucrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 9444280915     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001825     Document Type: Article

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