ABSTRACT
The volatile fraction of bergamot oil represents about 95% of the whole oil. It is composed of monoterpene and sesquiterpene hydrocarbons and their oxygenated derivatives (alcohols, esters, aldehydes, and oxides). Small amounts of aliphatic alcohols, aldehydes, and esters are also present. The main components are limonene, linalyl
8.1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 115 8.2 Qualitative Analyses ..................................................................................... 121 8.3 Quantitative Composition ............................................................................. 123
8.3.1 Industrial Cold-Extracted Oils from Calabria (Italy) ....................... 123 8.3.2 Oils from Different Geographic Origins and Commercial Oils ...... 139 8.3.3 Bergapten-Free Oils .......................................................................... 150 8.3.4 Bergamottella Oils ............................................................................ 151 8.3.5 Recovered Oils .................................................................................. 158
8.3.5.1 Oils Recovered by Cold Procedures .................................. 158 8.3.5.2 Oils Recovered by Distillation ........................................... 160
8.3.6 Concentrated Oils ............................................................................. 166 8.3.7 Oils Extracted in Laboratory ............................................................ 170
8.4 Nontechnological Parameters Inuencing Composition of Oil .................... 187 8.4.1 Changes in the Composition during the Productive Season ............. 187 8.4.2 Compositional Variations of Oils Produced in Different Regions
of the Same Country ......................................................................... 194 8.4.3 Inuence of the Cultivar and of the Rootstock on the
Composition of the Oil ..................................................................... 197 8.4.4 Composition and Geographic Origin of the Oils..............................203
