title: Comparison of the volatile composition of wild fennel samples (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) from central Spain.
abstract: Comparison of the volatile composition of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) has been carried out using direct thermal desorption (DTD) coupled to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Forty-two wild fennel stem samples were collected in two different geographical areas of Central Spain. DTD allowed a high recovery of volatiles from small sample sizes without thermal decomposition. trans-Anethole was the main volatile compound for most cases, although a high variability was found among samples, showing clear phytochemical differences.
authors.affiliation: Area de Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas (UCLM), Avda. Camilo José Cela, 10, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain. MariaConsuelo.Diaz@uclm.es
authors.forename: M Consuelo
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Díaz-Maroto
authors.forename: M Soledad
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Pérez-Coello
authors.forename: Joaquín
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Esteban
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sanz
mesh_terms: D000081248:Allylbenzene Derivatives; D000840:Anisoles / Q000032:analysis; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006358:Hot Temperature; D031861:Nigella damascena / Q000737:chemistry*; D013030:Spain; D014835:Volatilization
chemical_list: D000081248:Allylbenzene Derivatives; D000840:Anisoles; C006578:anethole