CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE ESSENTIAL AND FIXED OIL OF PISTACIA LENTISCUS L. GROWN IN COLLO EAST OF ALGERIA

Abstract

Essential oil and fixed oil isolated from the aerial parts   and the ripe berries of Pistacia lentiscus l .growing in Algeria, was evaluated for its chemical composition, this species is used in Algerian folk medicine. The essential oil obtained by hydro distillation was analyzed by GC/MS; the results indicated that the EO of pistacia lentiscus L contained the β-Linalool is the major compound with a content of 52.8%, followed by β-Pinene with a content of 6.85%, followed by three compounds with very low levels are Terpene-4-ol, D-Limonene and 4-Carene with percentages that are respectively: 1.08%, 1.05% and 1.02%. While, the fixed oil was obtained by extraction with  Soxhlet extractor (solid liquid extraction) with hexane contained  three predominant compounds; the trilinolenin with an HRf of 12%, the trilinolein with an HRf of 16%, the triolein  with an HRf of 20%, and the waxes with an HRf of 66%,