Essential oil composition of Syrian aniseed (pimpinella anisum l.)‎

Abstract EN

Pimpinella anisum (anise), is an aromatic plant which belonging to umbelliferae family, and it is a very popular spice and herb, which is widely applied in the food and pharmaceutical industry.

in this study, the hydro distillation essential oil components were determined using gc-ms analysis.

the essential oil yield was 2.93% (v/w).

five compounds, comprising more than 99.09% of the composition of oil were identified in the aniseed's essential oils.

the main components of the essential oil were estragole 0.29%, trans-anethole 96.11%, γ-himachalene 1.83%, α-zingiberene 0.53%, α -cadinol 0.33%.