Essential oil composition of Syrian aniseed (pimpinella anisum l.)

Pimpinella anisum (anise), is an aromatic plant which belonging to umbelliferae family, and it is a very popular spice and herb, which is widely applied in the food and pharmaceutical industry. in this study, the hydro distillation essential oil components were determined using gc-ms analysis. the e...

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Published inMajallat Jāmiʻat Dimashq lil-ʻulum al-asāsīyah Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 241 - 249
Main Authors Khubeiz, Mohamad Jawad, Zahra, Bahirah
Format Journal Article
LanguageArabic
English
Published Damascus, Syria Damascus University 2020
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Summary:Pimpinella anisum (anise), is an aromatic plant which belonging to umbelliferae family, and it is a very popular spice and herb, which is widely applied in the food and pharmaceutical industry. in this study, the hydro distillation essential oil components were determined using gc-ms analysis. the essential oil yield was 2.93% (v/w). five compounds, comprising more than 99.09% of the composition of oil were identified in the aniseed's essential oils. the main components of the essential oil were estragole 0.29%, trans-anethole 96.11%, γ-himachalene 1.83%, α-zingiberene 0.53%, α -cadinol 0.33%.
ISSN:1726-5487
2789-6366