Compositional characteristics of the essential oil of Pimpinella anisum and Foeniculum vulgare grown in Serbia

The essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation from the mature fruits of Pimpinella anisum and Foeniculum vulgare were analyzed by GC-MS. The oil of aniseed was characterized by higher amounts of trans-anethole (96.80%) than fennel essential oil (83.43%). The isomer of trans-anethole, methyl chavicol (estragol) was also present in both plants, with 1.36% in fennel and 0.19% in aniseed. Apart from these two phenylpropanoids, nine sesquiterpenes and one monoterpene were present in essential oil of Pimpinella anisum, which constituted the other 3.01% of essential oil, but only γ-himachalene was present with more than 1%. In the case of fennel, eight monoterpenes constituted the other 15.21% of essential oil, and limonene and fenchone were present with contributions of 9.34 and 4.58%, respectively. Etarsko ulje dobijeno destilacijom vodenom parom iz zrelih plodova Pimpinella anisum i Foeniculum vulgare analizirano je GC-MS metodom. Etarsko ulje anisa se karakteriše većim sadržajem trans-anetola (96.80%), nego etarsko ulje komorača (83.43%). Isomer trans-anetola, metil kavikol (estragol) je takođe prisutan kod obe biljke, sa 1.36% kod komorača i 0.19% kod anisa. Pored ova dva fenilpropanoida, devet seskviterpena i jedan monoterpen je prisutan u etarskom ulju Pimpinella anisum, i čine ostatak od 3.01% etarskog ulja, ali je samo γ-himachalen prisutan u količini većoj od 1%. U slučaju komorača, osam monoterpena čine 15.21% etarskog ulja, a limonen i fenchon su prisutni sa 9.34 i 4.58%.