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Composition of the essential oil of aerial parts of an endemic species of the Apiaceae of Algeria, Daucus reboudii Coss.
Author(s) -
Djarri L.,
Medjroubi K.,
Akkal S.,
Elomri A.,
Seguin E.,
Vérité P.
Publication year - 2006
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.1636
Subject(s) - apiaceae , sabinene , essential oil , daucus carota , chemistry , botany , composition (language) , limonene , food science , biology , linguistics , philosophy
Water‐distilled essential oil of the aerial parts of Daucus reboudii Coss. was analysed by GC–MS and GC–FID. Twenty‐four compounds were identified, corresponding to 87.2% of the oil, mainly represented by monoterpenes. The major constituents were α ‐pinene (39.7%) and sabinene (21.2%). Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.