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Composition of seeds and stems essential oils of Pituranthos scoparius (Coss. & Dur.) Schinz
Author(s) -
Vérité P.,
Nacer A.,
Kabouche Z.,
Seguin E.
Publication year - 2004
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.1353
Subject(s) - chemistry , limonene , eugenol , germacrene , essential oil , composition (language) , botany , alpha pinene , thymol , pinene , germacrene d , food science , horticulture , organic chemistry , biology , linguistics , philosophy
The composition of the essential oils of stems and seeds of Pituranthos scoparius was determined by GC–MS. Almost 50 compounds were identied. In the seed oil, the main compounds were α ‐pinene (8.2%), β ‐pinene (4.6%), p ‐cymene (7.5%), limonene (11.2%), thymol (5.9%), myristicin (11.1%) and dill apiole (12.2%); in the stem oil, the main compounds were α ‐pinene (6.8%), α ‐phellandrene (7.1%), limonene (9.8%), methyl eugenol (5.6%) germacrene D (12.7%), myristicin (7.2%), spathulenol (4.5%) and β ‐eudesmol (4.1%). Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.