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The essential oil from the resin of Pistacia lentiscus L. var. chia (mastic gum), growing wild in the eastern Aegean island of Chios (Greece), was hydrodistilled and analysed by GC–MS and GC–FID. Mastic samples were hydrodistilled in the presence or absence of H3PO4. The results indicate that distillation in the presence of 10% H3PO4 doubled the yield of the essential oil (EO). A total of 46 compounds,...