Essential oils of the pakistani species of the family umbelliferae 43. ligusticum elatum seed oil
Ashraf, M.; Sandra, P.J.; Saeed, T.; Bhatty, M.K.
Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research 23(1-2): 61-63
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0030-9885 Accession: 005384209
Essential oil obtained from the fresh mature seed of the indigenous L. elatum [important for its medicinal value] was studied for its physicochemical characteristics and chemical composition. The oil with a yield of 0.21% was constituted of santene (0.18%), .alpha.-pinene (10.85%), camphene (3.76%), sabinene (6.33%), .beta.-pinene (4.25%), myrcene (3.94%), .beta.-phellandrene (0.42%), .alpha.-terpinene (0.15%), p-cymene (0.24%), limonene (8.82%), 1,8(9)-p-menthadiene (0.24%), .gamma.-terpinene (0.27%), bornyl acetate (0.36%), linalool (0.8%), anethole (0.27%) borneol (0.42%), thujyl alcohol (0.45%), carveol (0.15%), caren-cis-4-ol (0.15%), dihydrocarveol (0.16%), phenyl ethyl alcohol (0.60%), .beta.-caryophyllene (0.46%), .beta.-elemene (2.02%), .beta.-sesquiphellandrene (8.31%), trans-.beta.-farnesene (0.52%), .beta.-bisabolene (4.69%), .beta.-gurjunene (2.72%), .alpha.-curcumene (0.72%), .gamma.-bisabolene (5.06%), bergamotene (0.63%), bisabolene (3.37%), .alpha.-gurjunene (0.42%), .alpha.-farnesene (0.42%), .alpha.-bulnesene (0.96%), .alpha.-humulene (0.85%), .beta.-selinene (1.27%) and ambrettolic acid (13.38%). The presence of ambrettolic acid in such a large amount in the essential oil of an Umbelliferae species was unique.