Journal of
Medicinal Plants Research

  • Abbreviation: J. Med. Plants Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0875
  • DOI: 10.5897/JMPR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 3830

Full Length Research Paper

Variability of two essential oils of Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam. a traditional Tunisian medicinal plant

Ayda Khadhri1*, Ridha El Mokni2, Khaled Mguis3, Inès Ouerfelli4 and Maria Eduarda M. Araújo5
1Unity of Research of Vegetal Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of El-Manar II, Campus Academia, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia. 2Laboratory of Botany and Plant Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences,  University of Carthage, Jarzouna 7021, Bizerta, Tunisia. 3Unité de physiologie et de biochimie de la tolérance au sel chez les plantes, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université Tunis-El-Manar, 2092 Tunis, Tunisie. 4Laboratory of Organic Synthesis and heterocyclic, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of El-Manar II, Campus Academia, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia. 5CQB, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Edifício C-8, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal.
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  •  Accepted: 09 June 2011
  •  Published: 30 September 2011

Abstract

This study deals with the valorization of medicinal and aromatic plants of the Tunisian flora, in order to find new bioactive natural products. The essential oil constituents from the fruits ofAmmi visnaga, collected from two Tunisian localities, Ichkeul and Djebba the North of Tunisia, were extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Forty-one compounds were identified. Both samples showed similar chemical composition, the major components were linalool, isoamyl 2-methyl butyrate and isopentyl isovalerate.

 

Key words: Apiaceae, Ammi visnaga, essential oil composition, Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis.

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