Co-Authors:
Putievsky, E., Department of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Agricultural Research Organization, New Yaar, Israel
Ravid, U., Department of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Agricultural Research Organization, New Yaar, Israel
Dudai, N., Department of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Agricultural Research Organization, New Yaar, Israel
Katzir, I., Department of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Agricultural Research Organization, New Yaar, Israel
Abstract:
A new biennial cultivar, that flowers and produces fruits in the first year of growth, was selected from commercial biennial varieties of caraway. This cultivar was selected also for non-shattering seeds. Of the constituents, 18 were identified in the essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation from fruits of annual and biennial varieties of caraway, including the new cultivar. The 2 main compounds in the various caraway oils are limonene (34%-50%) and carvone (47%-62%). The 16 other compounds constitute less than 0.5% of the essential oil. The cultivar of the new selection was observed to have a low carvone content (47%) and a relatively high limonene content (50%). © 1994 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.