Analysis of essential oils from wild and micropropagated plants of damiana (Turnera diffusa).
Fitoterapia
; 75(7-8): 696-701, 2004 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-15567246
Damiana is a medicinal plant with many traditional uses and a reputation as an aphrodisiac. Essential oils produced by this plant are used in traditional medicine, and for the preparation of liquors and tea. The composition of essential oils from wild damiana, plants grown with micropropagated methods involving cell suspension, and explants in solid medium, is presented. Relevant differences are observed in oils coming from wild and micropropagated plants, where micropropagated plants being more uniform with respect to quality and quantity. The most abundant constituents of the oils were caryophyllene oxide, caryophyllene, delta-cadinene, elemene and 1,8-cineol.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Aceites de Plantas
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Turnera
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Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Fitoterapia
Año:
2004
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Article
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