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Essential oil composition of Pimpinella aurea D.C. from Iran
Author(s) -
Askari F.,
Sefidkon F.,
Mozafarian V.
Publication year - 2005
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.1416
Subject(s) - limonene , chemistry , essential oil , sesquiterpene , botany , composition (language) , horticulture , food science , organic chemistry , biology , linguistics , philosophy
Essential oils were isolated by hydrodistillation from the stems, owers and seeds of Pimpinella aurea D.C. They were collected individually from Fasham (north‐west of Tehran province). The yields of stem + leaf, ower and seed oils were 0.4%, 1.5% and 2.0% w/w, respectively; 32 constituents were identied in the stem + leaf oil, 18 in the ower oil and eight in the seed oil. Major constituents of the stem + leaf oil were: 1,8‐cineol and limonene (21.4%), viridiorol (12.8%), α ‐pinene (11.5%), kessane (10.5%), germacrene D (4.9%), β ‐bisabolene (4.2%), α ‐zingiberene (3.3%) and citronellyl acetate (3.1%). Major constituents of the ower oil were: viridiorol (32.5%), β ‐bisabolene (29.5%), caryophyllene oxide (6.6%), 1,8‐cineol + limonene (8.9%) and estragol (5.1%). Major constituents of the seed oil were: β ‐bisabolene (50.8%), and viridiorol (37.0%). Three compounds ( β ‐bisabolene, viridiorol and caryophyllene oxide) were common to all three oils. 1,8‐Cineol and limonene, kessane and α ‐pinene were the major compounds in the stem + leaf and ower oils but were not found in the seed oil. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.