Abstract

M. K. Hassan zadeh , M. Rahimi zadeh  and L. Vahedie

The composition of the steam distilled oils of the air dried aerial parts of Anethum graveolens L was investigated by coupled GC-MS. Based on comparing the resultant mass spectra with available standards as weft as with those delivered by the electronic data system attached to the apparatus and with reported data, many volatile components of the essential oils of various aerial parts of dill were identified Off the 24 volatile components identified, 6 the most abundant compounds were a-phellandrene, p-cymene, limonene, fimonene oxide-cis, dillapiole and carvone. It is important to mention that the amount of dillapiole in the flowers and limonene oxide-cis in the leaves and stem of this plant are quite high.

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