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1- Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 14155-6153, Tehran, Iran. , sfmojab@yahoo.com
2- Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 14155-6153, Tehran, Iran.
3- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
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Volatile oil and fatty acid compositions of Nigella sativa L. ( Ranunculaceae ) seeds grown in Iran determined by GC and GC/MS. Eight fatty acids (99.5%) and thirty- two compounds (86.7%) have been identified in the fixed and volatile oils, respectively. The main fatty acids of the fixed oil were linoleic acid (55.6%), oleic acid (23.4%), and palmitic acid (12.5%). The major compounds of the volatile oil were trans-anethole (38.3%), p-cymene (14.8%), limonene (4.3%), and carvone (4.0%).
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Pharmacognosy & Pharmaceutics
Received: 2001/12/19 | Accepted: 2003/04/30 | Published: 2003/06/19

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