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Composition of the Essential Oil from Wild Carrot Umbels (Daucus carotaL. ssp.carota) Growing in Poland

Maria Staniszewska, Józef Kula

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The hydrodistilled oil obtained from plant umbels (Daucus carota L. ssp. carota) harvested in the wild was investigated by GC and GC/MS. One hundred components have been identified. The fraction of monoterpene hydrocarbons represented 83.8%, oxygenated monoterpenes represented 8.0% of the whole oil, whereas the sesquiterpene fraction represented 7.4% and other compounds 0.2% of the total composition. The most abundant constituents were α-pinene (41%), sabinene (18%), myrcene (7%), limonene (5%) and terpinen-4-ol (5%).

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The hydrodistilled oil obtained from plant umbels (Daucus carota L. ssp. carota) harvested in the wild was investigated by GC and GC/MS. One hundred components have been identified. The fraction of monoterpene hydrocarbons represented 83.8%, oxygenated monoterpenes represented 8.0% of the whole oil, whereas the sesquiterpene fraction represented 7.4% and other compounds 0.2% of the total composition. The most abundant constituents were α-pinene (41%), sabinene (18%), myrcene (7%), limonene (5%) and terpinen-4-ol (5%).

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The hydrodistilled oil obtained from plant umbels (Daucus carota L. ssp. carota) harvested in the wild was investigated by GC and GC/MS. One hundred components have been identified. The fraction of monoterpene hydrocarbons represented 83.8%, oxygenated monoterpenes represented 8.0% of the whole oil, whereas the sesquiterpene fraction represented 7.4% and other compounds 0.2% of the total composition. The most abundant constituents were α-pinene (41%), sabinene (18%), myrcene (7%), limonene (5%) and terpinen-4-ol (5%).

Key concepts: Daucus carota, Sabinene, Umbel, Myrcene, Limonene, Apiaceae, Botany, Chemistry

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