Analysis by GC and GC/MS of the essential oil obtained from aerial parts an
d fruit of Peucedanum verticillare revealed 32 components. The major consti
tuents were found to be sabinene and (E)-anethole in the leaf and branch oi
l, sabinene in the fresh fruit oil and beta-caryophyllene, alpha-phellandre
ne, (Z)-beta-farnesene and beta-bisabolene in the dried fruit oil. (C) 2000
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