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Apiaceae - sweet cicely, cicely, Süßdolde
Herbaceous perennial plant, native to Central Europe. Raw leaves are used as a herb with a taste reminiscent of anise. Fruits are used to make akvavit.
„The chemical composition of essential oils of sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop.) leaves from two geographic areas (Lithuania and France) were determined by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Comparatively slight differences were observed in the chemical composition of essential oils from both selected origins. The yield of essential oil varied from 0.4±0.02% in Lithuanian to 0.5±0.01% in French origin. In total twenty and twenty-six components were identified in the hydrodistilled oils of Lithuanian and French origin, respectively. The essential oils of both origins were found to be rich in E-anethole (48.1±1.4% and 50.7±1.1%), methyleugenol (14.3±0.5% and 13.1±0.4%), E-nerolidol (10.2±0.8% and 12.0±0.3%) and germacrene-D (5.0±0.1% and 4.3±0.3%).“ [Essential oil composition of Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop. leaves grown in Lithuania and France. D. Dobravalskytė, P.R. Venskutonis, B. Zebib, O. Merah, T. Talou, Journal of Essential Oil Research, Vol. 25, Iss. 1, 2013]