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The hydrodistilled essential oils from dried fruits of Zusima absinthifolia
and Ferula elaeochytris were analysed by GC-MS. Sixteen components, repres
enting 95.8% of the oil in Zosima absinthifolia, and 43 components, making
up 76.7% of the oil of Ferula elaeochytris, were characterized. The major c
omponents were octyl acetate (38.4%) and octyl hexanoate (31.9%) in the for
mer oil; and nonane (27.1%), alpha -pinene(12.7%) and germacrene B (10.3%)
in the latter. Copyright (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.