Studies on the essential oils on the pakistani species of n.o. umbelliferae part i. ligusticum stewartii hiroe e. nasir seed oil
Ahmad, M.; Mahmood, S.; Sabir, A.W.; Bhatty, M.K.
Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research 29(4): 265-267
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0030-9885 Accession: 006516371
The essential oil of the seeds (yield 1.88%) of Ligusticum stewartii (Hiroe) E. Nasir, a wild Umbellifer of Pakistan, was analyzed to total hydrocarbons (32.26%) consisting of .alpha.-pinene (8.43%), camphene (0.68%); .beta.-pinene (3.26%); myrcene (2.84%); .DELTA.3-carene (1.67%); .rho.-cymene (0.24%); limonene (8.37%); .gamma.-terpinene (2.86%) and unknown sesquiterpenes (1.02%); a mixture (48.50%) of alcohols and esters, viz. linalool (1.56%); phenylethyl alcohol (2.31%); geraniol (6.23%); terpineol (26.14%); borniol (9.56%); bornyl acetate (1.50%); geranyl acetate (1.20%), mixture (17.3%) of coumarins and resinous materials of unknown composition and tarry matter (1.94%).