Atlas Cedar Needle Oil
A needle oil of Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) G. Manetti produced in Morocco was analyzed by Lahlou et al. (2000). The main constituents characterized in this oil were:
α-pinene (34.2%)
β-pinene (31.8%)
myrcene (17.3%)
β-phellandrene (1.6%)
limonene (5.1%)
α-terpineol (5.1%)
β-caryophyllene (1.6%)
α-copaene (0.3%)
Yassaa et al. (2000) measured the terpenoid composition in the ambient air surrounding trees of C. atlantica and identified the following volatile compounds:
They were also able to show that the limonene and α-fenchyl alcohol were characterized in their (R)–(+)–forms.
