| Titre : | Composition of the essential oil of leaves and berries of Algerian myrtle (Myrtus communis L.) (2012) |
| Auteurs : | Moussa Brada, Auteur ; N. Tabti, Auteur ; H. Boutoumi, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | The journal of essential oil research (Vol. 24 N° 1, Fevrier 2012) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 1-3 |
| Note générale : | Génie Chimique |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Tags : | Myrtus communis Essential oil composition α ; -pinene 1,8-cineole Linalool Estragole |
| Résumé : | Myrtus communis L. essential oils were obtained by hydrodistillation, and the yields were 0.3% (w/w) and 0.1% for leaves and berries, respectively. Using gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography/mass spectometry (GC/MS), 25 components were identified in berry oil representing 89.5% of the oil composition. Linalool was the major compound in berry oil (36.2%) followed by estragole (18.4%) and 1,8-cineole (11.4%). Leaf oil was composed of 28 compounds representing 95.4% of the total composition of the oil. α-pinene was the major constituent of leaf oil at a concentration of (46.9%), followed by 1,8-cineole (25.2%). The two Algerian oils were characterized by the lack of myrtenyl acetate. |
| ISSN : | 1041-2905 |
| En ligne : | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10412905.2012.645299 |
