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<p>Medicinal plants are potential sources of natural compounds with biological activities and therefore attract the attention of researchers worldwide. Citrus oils are a complex mixture of more than a hundred components of differing chemical natures. Qualitative and quantitative analysis by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GCMS) of the <italic>Citrus reticulata</italic> essential oil collected from El Hadaïk, Skikda City (Algeria), identified 28 compounds representing a total of 99.41%. The essential oil is constituted mainly of: D-Limonene (85.10%), Sabinene (2.49%), Linalyl acetate (2.00%), Copaene (1.80%) et α-Pinene (1.75%) totaling approximately 93.14%. The essential oil was also analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis (FTIR). FTIR spectroscopy allowed us to identify 10 volatile compounds and indicated that the functional groups of the essential oils are C-H (Alkene), C-H (aromatic) and C=C. The obtained results have shown that the essential oil can be fully utilized for pharmacy, cosmetology and industry.</p>
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Medicinal plants are potential sources of natural compounds with biological activities and therefore attract the attention of researchers worldwide. Citrus oils are a complex mixture of more than a hundred components of differing chemical natures. Qualitative and quantitative analysis by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GCMS) of the Citrus reticulata essential oil collected from El Hadaïk, Skikda City (Algeria), identified 28 compounds representing a total of 99.41%. The essential oil is constituted mainly of: D-Limonene (85.10%), Sabinene (2.49%), Linalyl acetate (2.00%), Copaene (1.80%) et α-Pinene (1.75%) totaling approximately 93.14%. The essential oil was also analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis (FTIR). FTIR spectroscopy allowed us to identify 10 volatile compounds and indicated that the functional groups of the essential oils are C-H (Alkene), C-H (aromatic) and C=C. The obtained results have shown that the essential oil can be fully utilized for pharmacy, cosmetology and industry.

Chemical constituents of Algerian mandarin (<italic>Citrus reticulata</italic>) essential oil by GC-MS and FT-IR analysis

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Chemical constituents of Algerian mandarin () essential oil by GC-MS and FT-IR analysis

Medicinal plants are potential sources of natural compounds with biological activities and therefore attract the attention of researchers worldwide. Citrus...

Chemical constituents of Algerian mandarin (Citrus reticulata) essential oil by GC-MS and FT-IR analysis

Published Online: Jan 29, 2021

Page range: 197 - 201

Received: Mar 20, 2020

Accepted: Aug 04, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cipms-2020-0032

Keywords
mandarin, Citrus reticulata, essential oil, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis (GCMS), Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)

© 2020 Hicham Boughendjioua et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Chemical constituents of Algerian mandarin (Citrus reticulata) essential oil by GC-MS and FT-IR analysis

Published Online: Jan 29, 2021

Page range: 197 - 201

Received: Mar 20, 2020

Accepted: Aug 04, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cipms-2020-0032

Keywordsmandarin, Citrus reticulata, essential oil, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis (GCMS), Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)

© 2020 Hicham Boughendjioua et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
mandarin, Citrus reticulata, essential oil, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis (GCMS), Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)