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Chemical composition of rosemary leaves and black cumin seeds

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Horticulture Sciences

Abstract

This investigation aimed to evaluate the chemical constituents of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) leaves and black cumin (Nigella sativa L.) seeds using different chemical analysis methods including moisture, ash, lipid, crude protein, total carbohydrates, crude fiber, total phenols, and essential oil as well as identify the dominant components of essential oils by using GC-MS. The results indicated that the proximate analysis of rosemary leaves achieved significantly the highest values of ash, crude fiber, total phenols, and essential oil, whereas black cumin seeds attained significantly the highest values of moisture, lipid, crude protein, and total carbohydrates. The essential oil content of rosemary leaves and black cumin seeds (1.04 and 0.39%, respectively) was significantly (p<0.05) different. Twenty essential oil components of rosemary leaves were identified. The main components of rosemary essential oil were α-pinene (17.13%) and 1.8 cineole (13.69%). On the other hand, eighteen essential oil components of black cumin seeds were identified. The predominant components of black cumin essential oil were Thymoquinone (38.43%) and P-cymene (21.18%).

DOI

10.21608/ajar.2024.158561.1087

Keywords

Essential oils, rosemary, black cumin, moisture, ash, Lipid, crude protein, Total carbohydrates, Crude fiber, Total phenols

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Abdelwahab

MiddleName

Abdelaziz

Affiliation

Department of Viticulture, Horticulture Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza, Egypt

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mohamedabdelaziz2020grape@gmail.com

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Giza governorate

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First Name

Amira

Last Name

Soliman

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Natural Resources Department, Faculty of African Postgraduate Studies, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

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First Name

Fawzia I.

Last Name

Moursy

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Affiliation

Natural Resources Department, Faculty of African Postgraduate Studies, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

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First Name

Najah A.

Last Name

Ali

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Chemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

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Volume

48

Article Issue

2

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46166

Issue Date

2023-12-01

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2022-09-01

Publish Date

2023-12-01

Page Start

140

Page End

147

Print ISSN

1110-1563

Online ISSN

2786-0051

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https://ajar.journals.ekb.eg/article_341671.html

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341,671

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929

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Publication Title

Al-Azhar Journal of Agricultural Research

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https://ajar.journals.ekb.eg/

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Chemical composition of rosemary leaves and black cumin seeds

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24 Dec 2024