Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2005 |
Authors: | K. Loziene, Venskutonis P. R. R. |
Journal: | Biochemical Systematics and Ecology |
Volume: | 33 |
Issue: | 5 |
Pagination: | 517 - 525 |
Date Published: | 2005/05// |
Keywords: | chemical polymorphism, environmental, Environmental conditions, Essential oil, Lamiaceae, Thymus pulegioides |
Abstract: | Thymus 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. |
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Influence of environmental and genetic factors on the stability of essential oil composition of Thymus pulegioides
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