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Effect of harvest time on the yield and composition of Tunisian myrtle oils
Author(s) -
Jamoussi Bassem,
Romdhane Mehrez,
Abderraba Abdelmenef,
Hassine Bechir Ben,
Gadri Abdellatif EL
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.1453
Subject(s) - essential oil , chemistry , steam distillation , yield (engineering) , myrtus communis , composition (language) , distillation , chemical composition , botany , horticulture , food science , organic chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , biology , materials science , metallurgy
The yield and composition variation of the leaf essential oil from Myrtus communis L, an aromatic wild plant which grows in the area of Tabarka (north‐western Tunisia) were investigated. Essential oil was obtained by steam distillation at atmospheric pressure of the dried, ground herbal material. The yield of essential oil reached a peak at the beginning of the owering stage (0.54%) and a minimum after the owering period (0.27%). Thirty‐nine components were identied in the essential oil by GC and GC–MS. The major constituent of the oil was found to be a‐pinene. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.