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Comparative essential oil composition of various parts of the turpentine tree ( Pistacia terebinthus L) growing wild in Turkey
Author(s) -
Couladis M,
Özcan M,
Tzakou O,
Akgül A
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.1295
Subject(s) - pistacia , limonene , essential oil , turpentine , botany , germacrene d , anacardiaceae , oleoresin , chemistry , horticulture , composition (language) , pinene , biology , organic chemistry , linguistics , philosophy
The essential oil contents (dry weight basis) of young shoots, flowers, unripe and ripe fruits of the turpentine tree ( Pistacia terebinthus L) were determined as 0.74, 0.70, 0.54 and 0.73% respectively. The main components identified by GC/MS analysis (the identified components represents 90.7, 96.1, 98.0 and 99.0% of the respective oils) were limonene (3.0, 9.4, 34.2 and 32.8%), α‐pinene (5.3, 12.4, 15.6 and 5.3%), β‐pinene (1.4, 8.0, 11.5 and 22.5%) and germacrene D (trace, 19.9, 3.5 and 4.6%). Minor qualitative and major quantitative variations in some compounds of the analysed oils were determined with respect to the different parts of the turpentine tree. © 2002 Society of Chemical Industry