Chemical composition of essential oils from needles and twigs of Balkan pine (Pinus peuce Grisebach) grown in northern Greece

Authors
Koukos, PK Papadopoulou, KI Patiaka, DT Papagiannopoulos, AD
Citation
Pk. Koukos et al., Chemical composition of essential oils from needles and twigs of Balkan pine (Pinus peuce Grisebach) grown in northern Greece, J AGR FOOD, 48(4), 2000, pp. 1266-1268
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Agricultural Chemistry","Chemistry & Analysis
Journal title
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
ISSN journal
00218561 → ACNP
Volume
48
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1266 - 1268
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8561(200004)48:4<1266:CCOEOF>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The composition of essential oils from twigs and needles of Balkan pine (Pi nus peuce Gris.) grown in northern Greece was investigated. The compounds w ere identified by using GC-MS analysis, The twig oil was rich in alpha-pine ne (7.38%), beta-pinene (12.46%), beta-phellandreae (25.93%) beta-caryophyl lene (4.48%), and citronellol (12.48%), and the needle oil was rich in alph a-pinene (23.07%), camphene (5.52%), beta-pinene (22.00%), beta-phellandren e (6.78%), bornyl acetate (9.76%), beta-caryophyllene (3.05%), and citronel lol (13.42%). The mean oil yield was 2.85% for twigs and 0.57% for needles.