| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1994 |
| Authors: | S. Canigueral, Vila, R., Vicario, G., Tomas, X., Adzet, T. |
| Journal: | Biochemical systematics and ecology |
| Volume: | 22 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pagination: | 307 - 315 |
| Date Published: | 1994/04// |
| Abstract: | The utility of multivariate analysis techniques in the study of infraspecific variability of essential oils is shown through its application to Thymus moroderi and T. antoninae. The composition and chemical polymorphism of their essential oils is investigated. Both taxa showed the same major constituents: 1,8-cineole, camphor, camphene and borneol, but several differences in their sesquiterpene fraction. Chemometric analysis of the oil of individual plants from different populations of the two species showed the existence of two types of essential oils in T. moroderi with different sesquiterpene composition and low degree of chemical polymorphism in the case of T antoninae. |
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