• DOI:10.1080/14786410701424667
Corpus ID: 22223267

Essential oil composition of Pimpinella anisum L. fruits from various European countries

@article{Orav2008EssentialOC,
  title={Essential oil composition of Pimpinella anisum L. fruits from various European countries},
  author={A. Orav and A. Raal and E. Arak},
  journal={Natural Product Research},
  year={2008},
  volume={22},
  pages={227 - 232}
}

A. Orav, A. Raal, E. Arak

Published 2008

Biology, Medicine

Natural Product Research

Variations in the essential oil composition of Pimpinella anisum L. fruits obtained from different geographical areas of Europe were determined using capillary GC and GC–MS techniques. The essential oil content of the samples was 10.0–53.6 mL kg−1 and did not confirm to the European Pharmacopoeia standard in 5 samples out of 14. A total of 21 compounds were identified and significant quantitative differences were observed among the samples. The major component was trans-anethole (76.9–93.7… CONTINUE READING

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