Ravid, U., Institute of Field Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya'ar, Post, Haifa, 31-999, Israel
Putievsky, E., Institute of Field Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya'ar, Post, Haifa, 31-999, Israel
Katzir, I., Institute of Field Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya'ar, Post, Haifa, 31-999, Israel

The enantiomeric differentiation of camphor isolated from natural essential oils and samples from commercial sources was determined using a fused‐silica Lipodex E capillary column. Enantiomerically pure (S)(−)‐camphor was detected in Chrysanthemum parthenium (L.) Bernh. oil. The (S)(−)‐enantiomer, with high enantiomeric purity was detected in two types of Salvia offtcinalis L., and (R)(+)‐camphor with high enantiomeric purity was detected in two other types of S. officinalis and in S. glutinosa L. Copyright © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd