Chemical composition of peel and leaf essential oils of Citrus medica L. and C. limonimedica Lush.
✍ Scribed by Marie-Laure Lota; Dominique de Rocca Serra; Félix Tomi; Jean-Marie Bessiere; Joseph Casanova
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 99 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0882-5734
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✦ Synopsis
Five peel oils and six leaf oils of dierent varieties of citrons (Citrus medica and C. limonimedica) were obtained from fruits and leaves collected on trees submitted to the same pedoclimatic and cultural conditions. Their composition was investigated by capillary GC, GC±MS and Carbon-13 NMR. Three chemotypes: limonene, limonene/g-terpinene and limonene/geranial/neral were observed for peel oils while leaf oils exhibited the limonene/geranial/neral composition.
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