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ORIGINAL ARTICLE Essential Oil Constituents of Nigella sativa

Ali Reza, Ladan Moghadam

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Abstract

The chemical composition of the essential oil obtained from Nigella sativa ( Ranunculaceae ) was analyzed by GC/MS and the components identified were: p - cymene (32.05%) followed by α - thujene (6%), α - pinene (1.11%), camphene (11%), sabinene (1%), β - pinene (7%), β - myrcene (0.21%), α - phellandrene (0.45%), limonene (0.13), γ - terpinene (5.12%), terpinolene (0.23%), camphor (1%), carvone (0.32%), thymoquinone (20.32%), thymol (10.12%), carvacrol (1%), longicyclene (0.9) and borneol (0.43).

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The chemical composition of the essential oil obtained from Nigella sativa ( Ranunculaceae ) was analyzed by GC/MS and the components identified were: p - cymene (32.05%) followed by α - thujene (6%), α - pinene (1.11%), camphene (11%), sabinene (1%), β - pinene (7%), β - myrcene (0.21%), α - phellandrene (0.45%), limonene (0.13), γ - terpinene (5.12%), terpinolene (0.23%), camphor (1%), carvone (0.32%), thymoquinone (20.32%), thymol (10.12%), carvacrol (1%), longicyclene (0.9) and borneol (0.43).

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The chemical composition of the essential oil obtained from Nigella sativa ( Ranunculaceae ) was analyzed by GC/MS and the components identified were: p - cymene (32.05%) followed by α - thujene (6%), α - pinene (1.11%), camphene (11%), sabinene (1%), β - pinene (7%), β - myrcene (0.21%), α - phellandrene (0.45%), limonene (0.13), γ - terpinene (5.12%), terpinolene (0.23%), camphor (1%), carvone (0.32%), thymoquinone (20.32%), thymol (10.12%), carvacrol (1%), longicyclene (0.9) and borneol (0.43).

Key concepts: Sabinene, Camphor, Borneol, Myrcene, Nigella sativa, Carvacrol, Camphene, Thymol

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