Essential oil and fatty acid composition of Melissa officinalis L.

Essential oil and fatty acid composition of Melissa officinalis L.

Authors

  • Mouna Souihi National Institute for Agronomic Research in Tunisia (INRAT), Carthage University, Agronomic Sciences and Technics Laboratory (LR16INRAT05), Hedi Karray Street, 2049, Ariana, Tunisia; Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Tunis
  • Ismail Amri Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Tunis
  • Amir Souissi National Institute for Agronomic Research in Tunisia (INRAT), Carthage University, Agronomic Sciences and Technics Laboratory (LR16INRAT05), Hedi Karray Street, 2049, Ariana, Tunisia
  • Karim Hosni National Centre for Nuclear Science and Technology (CNSTN), Sidi Thabet Technopark, 2020 Ariana, Tunisia
  • Nadia Ben Brahim National Institute for Agronomic Research in Tunisia (INRAT), Carthage University, Agronomic Sciences and Technics Laboratory (LR16INRAT05), Hedi Karray Street, 2049, Ariana, Tunisia
  • Mohamed Annabi National Institute for Agronomic Research in Tunisia (INRAT), Carthage University, Agronomic Sciences and Technics Laboratory (LR16INRAT05), Hedi Karray Street, 2049, Ariana, Tunisia

Keywords:

Melissa Officinalis L., Essential oil, Fatty acids, Tunisia

Abstract

The leaf material of lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.) from different origins was evaluated for their chemical composition under the semi arid conditions of Tunisia. Qualitative and quantitative variations of the chemical composition of essential oils according to the origin were shown. The main compounds of Tunisian samples were germacrene-D (29.17-24.6%) and caryophyllene (14.91-13.44%) in Tabarka and Nefza, the samples were characterized by the absence of citral and citronellal. Fatty acids from cultivated M. officinalis leaves were analyzed by GC–MS. The major fatty acids of all studied samples were polyunsaturated fatty acids, linoleic acid (73.93-66.74%), versus (16.25-13.32%) saturated ones, oleic acid and (6.29-4.26%) of monounsaturated fatty acid palmitic acid.

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Published

10-03-2020

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2020)

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Souihi M, Amri I, Souissi A, Hosni K, Ben Brahim N, Annabi M. Essential oil and fatty acid composition of Melissa officinalis L. Progr Nutr [Internet]. 2020 Mar. 10 [cited 2025 May 15];22(1):253-8. Available from: https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/progressinnutrition/article/view/7758
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