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Chemical Composition of Essential Oils from Flowers, Leaves and Peel of Citrus aurantium L. var. amara from Tunisia

Olfa Boussaada, Rachid Chemli

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Flowers, leaves and peel oils of Citrus aurantium L. var. amara from Tunisia (Nabeul) have been studied by GC-FID and GC/MS. Remarkable differences were found between the constituent percentages of the different studied organs. The most important compounds from the neroli oil (flowers) were linalool (34.4%), linalyl acetate (11.3%) and limonene (10.9%). In the petitgrain oil (leaves), the main components were linalool (36.8%), linalyl acetate (22.1%) and α-terpineol (11.7%). The major constituent of the peel oils was found to be limonene (90.6%).

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Flowers, leaves and peel oils of Citrus aurantium L. var. amara from Tunisia (Nabeul) have been studied by GC-FID and GC/MS. Remarkable differences were found between the constituent percentages of the different studied organs. The most important compounds from the neroli oil (flowers) were linalool (34.4%), linalyl acetate (11.3%) and limonene (10.9%). In the petitgrain oil (leaves), the main components were linalool (36.8%), linalyl acetate (22.1%) and α-terpineol (11.7%). The major constituent of the peel oils was found to be limonene (90.6%).

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Flowers, leaves and peel oils of Citrus aurantium L. var. amara from Tunisia (Nabeul) have been studied by GC-FID and GC/MS. Remarkable differences were found between the constituent percentages of the different studied organs. The most important compounds from the neroli oil (flowers) were linalool (34.4%), linalyl acetate (11.3%) and limonene (10.9%). In the petitgrain oil (leaves), the main components were linalool (36.8%), linalyl acetate (22.1%) and α-terpineol (11.7%). The major constituent of the peel oils was found to be limonene (90.6%).

Key concepts: Linalyl acetate, Linalool, Limonene, Essential oil, Chemistry, Botany, Composition (language), Chemical composition

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