CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE VOLATILE
OIL FROM DIFFERENT PLANT PARTS OF
ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS L. (UMBELLIFERAE)
CULTIVATED IN ROMANIA.
VALERIA RĂDULESCU*, MARIA LIDIA POPESCU, DIANACAROLINA
ILIEŞ
University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Faculty of
Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia, 020956, Bucharest, Romania
*corresponding author: valeria_radulescu@yahoo.com
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Abstract:

The essential oil from dried leaves, flowers and fruits of Anethum graveolens L. (dill) cultivated in Romania was isolated by hydrodistillation and analysed by gaschromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The main components in leaves were α- phellandrene (62.71%), limonene (13.28%) and anethofuran (16.42%). The main components in flowers were α- phellandrene (30.26%), limonene (33.22%) and anethofuran (22%). Cis-carvone and limonene are the major constituents of seeds volatile oil with 75.2% and, respectively 21.56%.




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