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The needle essential oil of norwegian mountain juniper, juniperus communis L. var. Saxatilis Pall
Author(s) -
Looman Anja,
Svendsen Anders Baerheim
Publication year - 1992
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.2730070106
Subject(s) - juniper , juniperus communis , sabinene , chemistry , limonene , cupressaceae , botany , essential oil , chromatography , biology , pollen
The needle essential oil of Norwegian mountain juniper, Juniperus communis L. var. saxatilis Pall., was investigated by headspace capillary gas chromatography. The average ratio of α‐pinene: sabinene: limonene was generally 21:45:5 ( n = 25). However, at two rather cold and weatherbeaten habitats some shrubs were found with quite different ratios of these compounds, viz. 42:24:7 ( n = 1) and 51: > 1:24 ( n = 5), and 82: > 1:4 ( n = 2) and 53:20:2 ( n = 3), respectively.