Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Unripe Galls of Pistacia atlantica Desf. from Algeria

Title: Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Unripe Galls of Pistacia atlantica Desf. from Algeria

Volume: 1 Issue: 2

Author(s): Nadhir Gourine, Ibrahim Sifi, Emile M. Gaydou and Mohamed Yousfi

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Keywords: Pistacia atlantica, unripe galls, essential oil, chemical composition, chemotype, Δ³- carene, Hydrodistillation, Gas chromatography, Trees, Compounds

Abstract: The essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation of unripe galls of Pistacia atlantica and collected from both male and female trees yielded 0.53% and 0.46% v/w, respectively. The essential oils were analyzed by GC and GC-MS showing the occurrence of a new Δ3-carene rich chemotype showing a content of 75.34%. The second is the well known chemotype α-pinene/β-pinene, which is rich in & α-pinene (59.01%) and β-pinene (13.26%).

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Gourine Nadhir, Sifi Ibrahim, M. Gaydou Emile and Yousfi Mohamed, Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Unripe Galls of Pistacia atlantica Desf. from Algeria, The Natural Products Journal 2011; 1 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2210315511101020125