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Variation of volatile oil concentration of Mediterranean aromatic shrubsThymus capitatus hoffmag et link,Satureja thymbra L.,Teucrium polium L. andRosmarinus officinalis

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The volatile oil content of four Labiatae aromatic plants, viz.Thymus capitatus, Satureja thymbra, Teucrium polium andRosmarinus officinalis has been estimated throughout the year; leaves, braches, flowers and leaf litter were analysed. The pattern of changes in the volatile oil concentration is not the same in all four plants; it corresponds to the major adaptive strategy towards summer drought, which each has evolved.

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Vokou, D., Margaris, N.S. Variation of volatile oil concentration of Mediterranean aromatic shrubsThymus capitatus hoffmag et link,Satureja thymbra L.,Teucrium polium L. andRosmarinus officinalis . Int J Biometeorol 30, 147–155 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02189456

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