African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12496

Full Length Research Paper

Chemical analysis of essential oils from cone’s rosin of Cilician fir (Abies cilicica subsp. cilicica)

K. Sinan Dayisoylu1 and M. Hakki Alma2
1Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural, University of Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam, Kahramanmaras, 46100 Turkey. 2Department of Industrial Engineering of Forestry, Faculty of Forestry, University of Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam, Kahramanmaras, 46060 Turkey.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 08 May 2009
  •  Published: 04 August 2009

Abstract

The essential oil from the resin of cones of Abies cilicica (Ant. Et Kotschy.) subsp.cilicia Carr. (Abieta-ceae) grown in Turkey was obtained by the hydro-distillation method and its chemical composition was analyzed by GC and GC-MS. The results showed that the essential oil contained about 92.78% mono-terpenes, 2.7% oxygenated monoterpenes and 1.78% sesquiterpenes. Major components of the oil are as follows; a-pinene (68.19%), b-pinene (11.91%) and myrcene (8.62%).

 

Key words: Essential oil, Abies cilicica, Turkey, cone, resin, chemical, composition.

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