title: Essential oil composition of terminal branches, cones and roots of Tetraclinis articulata from Tunisia.
abstract: The volatiles obtained separately from the terminal branches (woody and non-woody), cones and roots of Tetraclinis articulata gathered from the area of Zaghouan (Tunisia) have been analyzed by GC and GC-MS. Remarkable differences were found between the constituent percentages of the different studied organs. The main components in the non-woody branches volatile oil were naphtalen (6.6%), Z-muurolene (29.0%) while Camphene (43.2%), Z-beta-ocimene (11.7%), nonanol (5.3%) and a non identified compound (12%) were the main components in the wood branches volatile concentrate. In the cones oil, the most important compounds found were trans-pinacarveol (6.1%), p-cymene-8-ol (10.4%), fenchyl acetate (5.1%), beta-phellandrene (8.1%) and carvone (5.3%). The major constituent in the oil of roots was found to be Camphene (70.2%). A comparison of these data with previous results reported in the literature showed surprising differences.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire De Chimie Des Substances Naturelles et De Synthèse Organique (99/ur/12-26), Faculté Des Sciences De Monastir, Universit6 De Monastir, 5000 Monastir, Tunisie.
authors.forename: Ahlem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tékaya-Karoui
authors.forename: Hichem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ben Jannet
authors.forename: Zine
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mighri
mesh_terms: D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry*; D018547:Plant Stems / Q000737:chemistry*; D064028:Tracheophyta / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000737:chemistry; D014416:Tunisia
chemical_list: D009822:Oils, Volatile