Petroselini

Petroselini Radix Root Petroselinuin Southern Europe,... 

Fig. 9,10 Petroselini fructiis Parsley fruits Petroselinum crispum (MiU..) ssp. crispum leaf parsley...

Remarks Petroselini radix also contains essential oil (Q.2%-0.3%) with apiol and myristicin... 

All phenylpropane derivatives of Myristkac (1) and Petroselini aeth. (2) are seen as quenching zones in UV-254 nm (-aA) and as brown to red-brown-coloured zones with VS reagent in vis, (—>B). 

Petroselini aeth. (2). This oil shows myristicin (Tl) as its major compound (myristicin race). 

The essential oil of Ajowani fructus (I) contains mainly thymol (Tl), seen as a characteristic red zone at R, 0.5. Indian Ajowan is known as an adulterant of Petroselini fructus. 

Marthe, E. and P. Scholze, 1996. A screening technique for resistance evaluation to septoria blight (Septoria petroselini) in parsley Petroselinum crispurh). Beitr. ZUchtungsforsch, 2 250-253. 

Monograph, Petroselini fructus, Bunde-sanzeiger, no. 43 (March 2, 1989). 

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