Chemical composition of the essential oil of Cuminum cyminum L. from China

Flavour and Fragrance Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 311-313

  Li, Rong ^a   Jiang, Zi Tao ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE   (China)

Author keywords

pinene; terpinene; Cuminal; Cuminic alcohol; Cuminum cyminum L.; Essential oil; p cymene; Safranal

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DISTILLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

HYDRODISTILLATION; TERPINENE;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ACORADIENE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALPHA THUJENE; BETA CHAMIGRENE; BETA FARNESENE; BETA PINENE; CAROTOL; CARYOPHYLLENE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CUMIN OIL; CUMINAL; CUMINIC ALCOHOL; CUMINUM CYMINUM EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERMACRENE D; ISOPULEGONE; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; NOPINONE; PARA CYMENE; PHELLANDRAL; PINENE; PINOCARVONE; PLANT EXTRACT; PULEGONE; SAFRANAL; TERPINENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMIN; DISTILLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED;

CUMINUM; CUMINUM CYMINUM;

EID: 3242771376     PISSN: 08825734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ffj.1302     Document Type: Article

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