Chemosystematic studies in the genus Abies . I. Leaf and twig oil analysis of alpine and balsam firs

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Botany
• Main Authors: Hunt, R. S., von Rudloff, E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1974
• Subjects: Battle Lake; Green Mountain; Lesser Slave lake; Slave Lake
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/b74-063; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=f40d6358-ae8b-4c8e-8d7b-385fda405c33; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/fra/voir/objet/?id=f40d6358-ae8b-4c8e-8d7b-385fda405c33

The volatile oils of the leaves and twigs of alpine fir, and western and eastern Canadian balsam fir were analyzed by gas–liquid chromatography. Many qualitative similarities were found and the within-tree and tree-to-tree variation of the quantitative terpene composition of the leaf oil was suffici...