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EUROPEAN FOOD RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 224, Issue 2, Pages 279-281Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00217-006-0309-x
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Foeniculum vulgare subsp piperitum; essential oil; methyl chavicol; limonene; fenchone; seasons
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The essential oils of Foeniculum vulgare subsp. piperitum were subjected to detailed GC-MS analysis in order to determine possible similarities and differences in their chemical compositions, depending on growth years (2001 and 2002). In both oils, methyl chavicol (40.29 and 21.69%), limonene (17.66 and 22.24%), fenchone (16.90 and 12.98%), alpha-pinene (1.86 and 34%) and alpha-phellandrene (2.30 and 2.74%) were the main components, respectively. A total of 32 components were identified accounting for 85.01 and 67.14% of the oils of F. vulgare, respectively. The main characteristic of the oils is the high content of the limonene, fenchone and estragol. Our findings indicated that the oil of Turkish bitter fennel belonged to methyl chavicol rich type.
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