01867nas a2200217   4500008004100000245011900041210006900160260021900229300001400448490000700462520085300469653002601322653001801348653002901366653001801395653001401413653002301427100001501450700002501465856015901490       2005                        eng d00aInfluence of environmental and genetic factors on the stability of essential oil composition of Thymus pulegioides0 aInfluence of environmental and genetic factors on the stability   aAffiliation: Institute of Botany, Zaliuju ezeru 47, LT-2021 Vilnius, Lithuania; Affiliation: Department of Food Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, Radvilenu̧ pl. 19, Kaunas LT-50015, Lithuaniac2005/05//  a517 - 5250 v333 aThymus pulegioides plants were collected from various natural habitats of Lithuania and transferred into a new uniform environment. The plants were cloned annually at controlled conditions and their essential oil composition was monitored by capillary GC and GC/MS. The geraniol/geranial/neral (G/G/N), thymol (T), linalool (L), carvacrol/γ-terpinene/p-cymene (C/γT/pC) and thymol/carvacrol/γ-terpinene/p-cymene (T/C/γT/pC) chemotypes of T. pulegioides were studied. It was found that according to the stability of essential oil composition on a sudden change of environmental conditions two types of T. pulegioides can be distinguished: (1) plants which preserve their chemical composition of the essential oils; (2) plants, which considerably change their chemical composition of the essential oils. © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.10achemical polymorphism10aenvironmental10aEnvironmental conditions10aEssential oil10aLamiaceae10aThymus pulegioides1 aLoziene, K1 aVenskutonis, P.R., R  uhttp://www.scopus.com/scopus/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-14944377694&partnerID=40&rel=R6.5.0http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0305197804002662