Document Type : Research Paper
Author
Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The flowering shoot and seeds of cultivated Iranian Anethum graveolens (dill) were harvested from the Research Center of Alborz near Tehran. The essential oil, obtained by distillation method, were evaluated for their chemical composition by GC and GC/MS.
Thirteen compounds were identified. The main constituent of the flowering shoot oil was al-phellandrene (56.1%), while that of seed oil was carvone(57.3%). Carvone was not found in the flowering shoot's oil and c-phellandrene represented only 1.6% of the seed's oil. The second main component was limonene, 23% in the flowering shoot's oil and 33.2% in the seed's oil.
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