Essential Oil of Abies alba Mill., Pinaceae, from the Pilot Production in Montenegro

The analyses were performed on the commercial essential oil of Abies alba obtained from fresh green summits of young branches by steam distillation. The plant material was collected from the teritory of Montenegro. The composition of the oil was determined by GC and GC/MS. The main constituents were...

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Published inThe Journal of essential oil research Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 288 - 289
Main Authors Chalchat, Jean-Claude, Sidibé, Lassine, Maksimovic, Z. A., Petrovic, S. D., Gorunovic, M. S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.07.2001
Subjects
Abies alba
b-Phellandrene
bornyl acetate
camphene
Composition
Distillation
essential oil composition
Hydrocarbons
limonene
Pinaceae
Pinene
Plants (botany)
Steam
α-pinene
β-pinene
Montenegro
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Summary:The analyses were performed on the commercial essential oil of Abies alba obtained from fresh green summits of young branches by steam distillation. The plant material was collected from the teritory of Montenegro. The composition of the oil was determined by GC and GC/MS. The main constituents were β-pinene (32.8%), α-pinene (17.3%), camphene (16.7%), bornyl acetate (9.0%), limonene (6.1%) and β-phellandrene (4.9%).
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ISSN:1041-2905
2163-8152
DOI:10.1080/10412905.2001.9699696