Claim · model-written summary
The oil composition resembled oils from Corsica, Sardinia and Tunisia.
- Taxon
- Myrtus communis
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Myrtus communist0 - Outcome
- compositione0
- Direction
- similare0
- Comparator
- myrtle oils from Corsica, Sardinia and Tunisiae0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentSettingValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“The composition is similar to that reported for myrtle oils from Corsica, Sardinia and Tunisia”
t0“Myrtus Communis”
Title
Composition and Chemical Variability of Leaf Oil of Myrtus Communis from North-Eastern Algeria
Amel Bouzabata; Faffani Boussaha; Joseph Casanova; et al. Natural Product Communications 2010. doi:10.1177/1934578x1000501029
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Leaf oil yields ranged from 0.2 to 1.2% w/w.
- Observation Monoterpene hydrocarbons dominated the oil composition.
- Observation Alpha-pinene was a major oil compound at 40.5–64.0%.
- Observation 1,8-cineole was a major oil compound at 10.9–29.1%.
- Observation Limonene was a major oil compound at 6.7–8.2%.
- Observation The named dione was identified in every oil sample at 0.8–1.5%.
- Observation The oil composition differed from Moroccan and Spanish myrtle oils.