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FLAVOUR AND FRAGRANCE JOURNAL
Volume 19, Issue 4, Pages 311-313Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ffj.1302
Keywords
Cuminum cyminum L.; essential oil; cuminal; cuminic alcohol; safranal; gamma-terpinene; p-cymene; beta-pinene
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The essential oil of the seeds of Cuminum cyminum L. from China was isolated by hydrodistillation in a yield of 3.8%. The chemical composition of the essential oil was examined by GC and GC-MS; 37 components, representing 97.97% of the oil, were identified. Cuminal (36.31%), cuminic alcohol (16.92%), gamma-terpinene (11.14%), safranal (10.87%), p-cymene (9.85%) and beta-pinene (7.75%) were the major components. Copyright (C) 2004 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.
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