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Chemical composition of the essential oils of Astrodaucus orientalis (L.) Drude leaves and seeds
Author(s) -
Mirza M.,
Baher Nik Z.,
Dini 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.1184
Subject(s) - chemistry , myrcene , composition (language) , germacrene d , essential oil , chemical composition , botany , food science , organic chemistry , limonene , biology , linguistics , philosophy
The essential oils of Astrodaucus orientalis (L.) Drude leaves and seeds growing wild in Iran were examined by GC and GC–MS. The composition of the seed oil sample was compared with that of the leaf oil. Twenty‐six compounds were identied in both the leaf and the seed oil. Although the composition of the seed oil was similar to that of the leaf oil, quantitative differences in concentration of some constituents were observed. The major components of the leaf oil were fenchyl acetate (44.5%) and α ‐pinene (21.6%) but the major constituents of the seed oil were myrcene (47.7%) and β ‐pinene (21.8%). The seed oil was found to contain lower amounts of bornyl acetate, germacrene D and δ ‐cadinene than the leaf oil. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.