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Differences Between The Inflorescence, Leaf And Stem Essential Oils Of Wild Mentha Pulegium Plants From Zakynthos, Greece

Catherine M. Cook National Agricultural Research Foundation (NAGREF), Agricultural Research Centre of Macedonia-Thrace, P.O. Box 60458, GR-570 01, Thermi, Greece
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Eleni Maloupa National Agricultural Research Foundation (NAGREF), Agricultural Research Centre of Macedonia-Thrace, P.O. Box 60458, GR-570 01, Thermi, Greece
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Stella Kokkini Department of Botany, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, P.O. Box 109, GR-541 24, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Thomas Lanaras Department of Botany, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, P.O. Box 109, GR-541 24, Thessaloniki, Greece
Pages 239-243 | Received 01 Mar 2006, Accepted 01 May 2006, Published online: 28 Nov 2011

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