Comparison of pistachio hull essential oils from different Tunisian localities.
Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) fruit is well known for its oleaginous and edible seed. Less information is available about the hull constituted by the epicarp and the mesocarp. This part of the fruit contains an essential oil that can be valorized. Tunisia is one of the countries cultivating pistachio trees. This work presents essential oil composition of pistachio hulls (Mateur variety) from different geographical localities: Grombalia (North-East), Kairouan (Middle) and Sfax (Middle-East). Yields were more important in Sfax samples (0.53% on a dry weight basis). Alpha-terpinolene was the major compound for Grombalia fruits (35.7%), whereas Kairouan and Sfax samples where characterized by alpha-pinene (42.5 and 43.8% respectively). For all samples, monoterpene hydrocarbons predominated (more than 79.8% of the essential oil).
Chahed
Thouraya
T
Unité des Plantes Aromatiques et Médicinales, Centre de Biotechnologie du Technopole de Borj Cedria, Hammam-Lif, Tunisia. thouraya_chahed@yahoo.fr
Dhifi
Wissal
W
Hamrouni
Ibtissem
I
Msaada
Kamel
K
Bellila
Amor
A
Kchouk
Mohamed E
ME
Marzouk
Brahim
B
D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D005843:Geography; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry*; D027927:Pistacia / Q000737:chemistry*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry*; D014416:Tunisia; D014835:Volatilization
D009822:Oils, Volatile; D010938:Plant Oils