Fatty acid and essential oil composition of three Tunisian caraway (<i>Carum carvi</i> L.) seed ecotypes
Bochra Laribi, Karima Kouki, Abdelaziz Mougou, Brahim Marzouk
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
Abstract
Tunisian caraway seed oil is rich in an unusual fatty acid-petroselinic acid-which is of potential industrial significance. In addition, Tunisian caraway essential oil is carvone chemotype. This fact is of great economic interest due to the several applications of carvone in the alimentary and medicinal industries.
Extracted Claims
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carvone dominate Tunisian caraway essential oil
“Tunisian caraway essential oil is carvone chemotype”
petroselinic acid enrich Tunisian caraway seed oil
“Tunisian caraway seed oil is rich in an unusual fatty acid-petroselinic acid-which is of potential industrial significance”