Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research (ISSN : 0975-7384)

header
Reach Us reach to JOCPR whatsapp-JOCPR +44 1625708989
All submissions of the EM system will be redirected to Online Manuscript Submission System. Authors are requested to submit articles directly to Online Manuscript Submission System of respective journal.

Original Articles: 2012 Vol: 4 Issue: 9

Chemical Constituents of Essential Oil from Anethum Sowa Kurz. Seed

Abstract

The oil obtained by the hydro-distillation method from the fresh leaves and stems of Anethum sowa L. (Dill) herb was analyzed by GC-MS. Nine compounds were isolated and identified. The major constituents were limonene (83 %), grandisol (7.4 %), bis-1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid (5.7 %), carvone (1.5 %), thujyl alcohol (0.7 %), β- phellandrene (0.6 %), cyclohexane (0.5 %), β-myrcene (0.3 %) and α-thujene (0.1%).