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Article: Data from University of Kashan provide new insights into flavor research.
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- Journal of Technology
- Article date:
- October 20, 2009
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"The dried aerial parts of Pimpinella aurea DC., which belongs to Apiaceae family and grows in central Iran, were hydrodistilled to produce oils in the yield 40.30% (v/w)," scientists writing in the Journal of Essential Oil Research report.
"The oils were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Twenty-six compounds were identified, representing 96.27% of the oils," wrote J. Safaeighomi and colleagues, University of Kashan.
The researchers concluded: "The main components were beta-caryophyllene (13.6%), beta-bisabolene (12.2%), (E)-beta-farnesene (10.4%) and beta-sesquiphellandrene (10.2%)."
Safaeighomi and colleagues published their study in the Journal of ...