National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia, 43 Av. Charles Nicolle-1082, Tunis, Tunisia. bochra
J Sci Food Agric. 2010 Feb;90(3):391-6. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.3827.
The essential oil and fatty acid composition of Tunisian annual caraway (Carum carvi L.) seeds from three ecotypes was investigated by gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analyses.
Total fatty acid (TFA) proportion of caraway seeds varied from 2.95% to 5.68% (w/w). The fatty acid composition revealed that Tunisian caraway seed oil is rich in an unusual fatty acid-petroselinic acid-the proportion of which varied from 31.53% and 38.36% of TFA. Essential oil yields were relatively low and ranged from 0.86% to 1.20% (w/w). Forty-one volatile compounds were identified, the main ones being carvone (76.78-80.53%) and limonene (13.05-20.29%).
Tunisian caraway seed oil is rich in an unusual fatty acid-petroselinic acid-which is of potential industrial significance. In addition, Tunisian caraway essential oil is carvone chemotype. This fact is of great economic interest due to the several applications of carvone in the alimentary and medicinal industries.
通过气相色谱和气相色谱-质谱分析，研究了来自三种生态型的突尼斯一年生葛缕子（Carum carvi L.）种子的精油和脂肪酸组成。
葛缕子种子的总脂肪酸（TFA）比例从 2.95%到 5.68%（w/w）不等。脂肪酸组成表明，突尼斯葛缕子籽油富含一种不寻常的脂肪酸-岩芹酸，其比例在 TFA 中从 31.53%到 38.36%不等。精油产量相对较低，范围在 0.86%到 1.20%（w/w）之间。鉴定出 41 种挥发性化合物，主要为柠檬烯（76.78-80.53%）和柠檬烯（13.05-20.29%）。
突尼斯葛缕子籽油富含一种不寻常的脂肪酸-岩芹酸，这具有潜在的工业意义。此外，突尼斯葛缕子精油是香芹酮型。由于香芹酮在食品和医药工业中的多种应用，这一事实具有重要的经济意义。
