✦ LIBER ✦
Biomass production, essential oil yield and composition of Myrica gale L. harvested from wild populations in Scotland and Finland
✍ Scribed by Katerina P. Svoboda; Andrew Inglis; Janice Hampson; Bertalan Galambosi; Y. Asakawa
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 165 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0882-5734
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✦ Synopsis
Myrica gale L. was harvested from wild populations in Scotland and Finland. Above-ground vegetation was assessed for growth and potential yield of biomass. Essential oil yield and composition were measured: leaf oil yield was 0.05±0.29%, ¯ower oil yield 0.97%. Main components were a-pinene [20.1±38.9%], 1,8-cineole [2.5±23.9%], germacrene [0.4±13.2%] and g-cadinene [8.4±21.0]. The essential oil has a potential use as a midge repellent.