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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Chemical composition of seed essential oils from Algerian Nigella sativa extracted by microwave and hydrodistillation
Flavour and Fragrance Journal, Volume 22, No. 2, Year 2007
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Extraction of essential oil from Nigella sativa seed collected at two locations in the Sahara desert, Timimoun (T) and Adrar (A), has been conducted by hydrodistillation (HD) and a microwave distillation process (MD). The composition of the volatile oil was investigated by capillary gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Using the hydrodistillation, active compounds such as p-cymene (8.9 and 7.2% in T and A, respectively), 4-terpineol (0.6-8.9%), thymohydroquinone (6.1-12.2%), thymoquinone (1.6-21.8%), carvacrol (12.9-12.9%), carvone (4.4-0.3%) and thymol (1.5-0.7%) were the major components, representing more than 36% (T) and 64% (A) of the oils. For the microwave distillation, p-cymene (28.1% and 32.0% in T and A, respectively), 4-terpineol (3.4-2.0%), thymohydroquinone (0.7-1.1%), thymoquinone (10.8-24.6%), carvacrol (3.0-6.0%), and thymol (0.3-0.3%) represent respectively 46.1% and 66.0% of the T and A oils. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Benkaci-Ali, Farid
Algeria, Bou Ismail
Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Analyses Physico- Chimiques
Algeria, Algiers
Université Des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene
Baâliouamer, Aoumeur
Algeria, Bou Ismail
Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Analyses Physico- Chimiques
Algeria, Algiers
Université Des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene
Meklati, Brahim Youcef
Algeria, Bou Ismail
Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Analyses Physico- Chimiques
Algeria, Algiers
Université Des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene
Chemat, Farid
France, Avignon
Sécurité et Qualité Des Produits D'origine Végétale - Sqpov
Statistics
Citations: 122
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/ffj.1773
ISSN:
08825734
e-ISSN:
10991026