Evaluation of caraway essential oil from different production areas of Serbia
Abstract
Caraway fruits contain essential oils that give caraway its characteristic aroma. This paper evaluates quantity and composition of the essential oil from the annual caraway grown in different production areas of Serbia. Experiments were conducted in three production areas: Banat, Backa and Srem, during two years. The fruits contained 3.95% of oil on average. The highest content of essential oil was obtained in the production area of Banat, a part of Serbia where environmental conditions are very favourable for cultivation of medicinal plants. Weather conditions have not a significant influence on the content of essential oil in caraway fruits. However, weather conditions as well as production region had a great influence on seed yield and essential oil yield. There were 22 compounds determined in caraway essential oil by GC/MS. The main components were carvone and limonene, whose mixture constituted from 97.69 to 98.62% of total oil composition. Carvone/limonene ratio was 0.58% on aver...age, therefore, it can be concluded that this annual caraway belongs to limonene chemotype.
Keywords:
Carurn carvi var. annuurn / essential oil content / essential oil composition / carvone/limonene ratioSource:
Horticultural Science, 2014, 41, 3, 122-130Publisher:
- Czech Academy Agricultural Sciences, Prague
DOI: 10.17221/248/2013-HORTSCI
ISSN: 0862-867X
WoS: 000343363300004
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84907621074
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Poljoprivredni fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Aćimović, Milica G. AU - Oljača, Snežana AU - Tešević, Vele AU - Todosijević, M.M. AU - Djisalov, J.N. PY - 2014 UR - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3647 AB - Caraway fruits contain essential oils that give caraway its characteristic aroma. This paper evaluates quantity and composition of the essential oil from the annual caraway grown in different production areas of Serbia. Experiments were conducted in three production areas: Banat, Backa and Srem, during two years. The fruits contained 3.95% of oil on average. The highest content of essential oil was obtained in the production area of Banat, a part of Serbia where environmental conditions are very favourable for cultivation of medicinal plants. Weather conditions have not a significant influence on the content of essential oil in caraway fruits. However, weather conditions as well as production region had a great influence on seed yield and essential oil yield. There were 22 compounds determined in caraway essential oil by GC/MS. The main components were carvone and limonene, whose mixture constituted from 97.69 to 98.62% of total oil composition. Carvone/limonene ratio was 0.58% on average, therefore, it can be concluded that this annual caraway belongs to limonene chemotype. PB - Czech Academy Agricultural Sciences, Prague T2 - Horticultural Science T1 - Evaluation of caraway essential oil from different production areas of Serbia EP - 130 IS - 3 SP - 122 VL - 41 DO - 10.17221/248/2013-HORTSCI ER -
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Aćimović, M. G., Oljača, S., Tešević, V., Todosijević, M.M.,& Djisalov, J.N.. (2014). Evaluation of caraway essential oil from different production areas of Serbia. in Horticultural Science Czech Academy Agricultural Sciences, Prague., 41(3), 122-130. https://doi.org/10.17221/248/2013-HORTSCI
Aćimović MG, Oljača S, Tešević V, Todosijević M, Djisalov J. Evaluation of caraway essential oil from different production areas of Serbia. in Horticultural Science. 2014;41(3):122-130. doi:10.17221/248/2013-HORTSCI .
Aćimović, Milica G., Oljača, Snežana, Tešević, Vele, Todosijević, M.M., Djisalov, J.N., "Evaluation of caraway essential oil from different production areas of Serbia" in Horticultural Science, 41, no. 3 (2014):122-130, https://doi.org/10.17221/248/2013-HORTSCI . .