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Med J Islamic World Acad Sci. 1992; 5(2): 79-80
A Study of The Volatile Oil Content of Xanthium Pungens, Compositae N. Ammar, G. Fournier, G. Wassel, M. Shabana, M. Shabana Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt and Laboratorie de Pharmacognosie, Faculté de Pharmacie, Châtenay Malabry, France. The volatile oil of the herb of Xanthium pungens, Wallr. emend. Widd. Family Compositae was prepared by steam distillation. The oil was investigated by TLC as well as GLC-mass spectrometry. The results revealed the presence of 18 terpenoidal constituents, of which, limonene was the most abundant. Keywords: Essential oil, xanthium pungens, compositae. N. Ammar, G. Fournier, G. Wassel, M. Shabana, M. Shabana. A Study of The Volatile Oil Content of Xanthium Pungens, Compositae. Med J Islamic World Acad Sci. 1992; 5(2): 79-80 Corresponding Author: N. Ammar, Egypt	TOOLS Full Text PDF Print Download citation RIS EndNote BibTex Medlars Procite Reference Manager Share with email Share Send email to author Similar articles PubMed Google Scholar