Comparison of the volatile composition of wild fennel samples (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) from central Spain.
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.
Díaz-Maroto
M Consuelo
MC
Area de Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas (UCLM), Avda. Camilo José Cela, 10, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain. MariaConsuelo.Diaz@uclm.es
Pérez-Coello
M Soledad
MS
Esteban
Joaquín
J
Sanz
Jesús
J
D000081248:Allylbenzene Derivatives; D000840:Anisoles / Q000032:analysis; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006358:Hot Temperature; D031861:Nigella damascena / Q000737:chemistry*; D013030:Spain; D014835:Volatilization
D000081248:Allylbenzene Derivatives; D000840:Anisoles; C006578:anethole