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Analysis of Essential Oil from the Needles of Pinus pinaster Growing in Algeria

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The needle oil of the Algerian maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) growing in natural habitats in Sidi Feradj (Algiers region) was obtained by hydrodistillation in 0.3% yield and analyzed by GC and GC/MS. More than 46 compounds amounting to 65.2% of the total oil were identified. The main components were β-caryophyllene (26.6%), allo-aromadendrene (12.5%), and α-humulene (4.3%).

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Published in Kimiya Prirodnikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 445–447, September–October, 2005.

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Dob, T., Berramdane, T. & Chelghoum, C. Analysis of Essential Oil from the Needles of Pinus pinaster Growing in Algeria. Chem Nat Compd 41, 545–548 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10600-005-0202-z

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