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Chemical composition of essential oils from needles, branches and cones of Pinus pinea, P. halepensis, P. pinaster and P. nigra from central ltaly
Author(s) -
Macchioni F.,
Cioni P. L.,
Flamini G.,
Morelli I.,
Maccioni S.,
Ansaldi M.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
flavour and fragrance journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1099-1026
pISSN - 0882-5734
DOI - 10.1002/ffj.1178
Subject(s) - pinaceae , pinus pinaster , myrcene , limonene , pinus <genus> , chemistry , botany , monoterpene , pinene , composition (language) , camphene , chemical composition , pinus brutia , alpha pinene , cupressaceae , essential oil , organic chemistry , biology , chromatography , pollen , linguistics , philosophy
The composition of the essential oils from the needles, branches and female cones of four species of Pinaceae, Pinus pinea , P. halepensis , P. pinaster and P. nigra , has been analysed and comparative chemical evaluations were obtained. In P. pinea the major compound of the essential oils of all the three plant parts is limonene (58.9–62.5%), in P. halepensis α ‐pinene (18.1%–53.6%) and myrcene (13.7–42.1%), in P. pinaster α ‐pinene (24.7–40.4%) and β ‐pinene (21.7–29.2%), and in P. nigra α ‐pinene (28.4–61.7%). Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.