%0 Journal Article
%T Composition and Enantiomeric Analysis of the Essential Oil of the Fruits and the Leaves of Pistacia vera from Greece
%A Anastasia Tsokou
%A Katerina Georgopoulou
%A Eleni Melliou
%A Prokopios Magiatis
%A Eugenia Tsitsa
%J Molecules
%D 2007
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/12061233
%X The essential oils of the fruits and the leaves of pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Fresh unripe pistachio fruits were richer in essential oil (0.5 %, w/w) than the leaves (0.1 %, w/w). Twenty one compounds were identified in the essential oil of the fruits and the major components were (+)-¦Á-pinene (54.6 %) and terpinolene (31.2 %). The enantiomeric ratio of the major constituents of the essential oil of the fruits was determined using chiral GC/MS and it was found that the (+)/(-)-¦Á-pinene ratio was 99.5:0.5, (+)/(-)-limonene 80:20, (+)/(-)-¦Â-pinene 96:4, and (+)/(-)-¦Á-terpineol 0:100. Thirty three compounds were identified in the essential oil of the leaves and the major components were found to be ¦Á-pinene (30.0 %), terpinolene (17.6 %) and bornyl acetate (11.3 %).
%K Pistacia vera
%K fruit
%K leaves
%K essential oil
%K enantiomeric analysis
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/12/6/1233