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
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.