Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) is widely cultivated and used as a culinary spice. In this work, the
chemical composition of the essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of fennel seeds was analyzed by
gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCeMS), and 28 components were identified. Trans-anethole
(68.53%) and estragole (10.42%) were found to be the major components