Composition of a historical rose oil sample was investigated by GC and GC/MS. Forty-five components representing 95.5% composition of the essential oil were identified. The main components of this oil were citronellol (25.1%), geraniol (11.8%) and nonadecane (13.4%). The composition of the oil was compared with those of Turkish and Bulgarian rose oils and rose water.
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Almasirad et al. (2007) studied this question.