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The essential oils of wild and cultivated Cymbopogon validus (Stapf) Stapf ex Burtt Davy and Elionurus muticus (Spreng.) Kunth from Zimbabwe
Author(s) -
Chagonda Lameck S.,
Makanda Christopher,
Chalchat JeanClaude
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
flavour and fragrance journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1099-1026
pISSN - 0882-5734
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1026(200003/04)15:2<100::aid-ffj874>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - geraniol , myrcene , camphene , geranyl acetate , borneol , chemistry , botany , essential oil , horticulture , traditional medicine , biology , limonene , medicine , alternative medicine , traditional chinese medicine , pathology
The steam‐distilled oils from wild and cultivated Cymbopogon validus (Stapf) Stapf ex Burtt Davy (Gramineae) and Elionurus muticus (Spreng.) Kunth (Gramineae) were analysed by GC and GC–MS. The major components from C. validus in the wild were: myrcene (23.1–35.6%), ( E )‐β‐ocimene (10.3–11.5%), geraniol (3.4–8.3%), linalol (3.2–3.7%) and camphene (5.2–6.0%). Cultivated mature plants contained myrcene (11.6–20.2%), ( E )‐β‐ocimene (6.0–12.2%), borneol (3.9–9.5%) and geraniol (1.7–5.0%) and camphene (3.3–8.3%) as the major components. Young nursery crop/seedlings (20–30 cm high) contained oil with myrcene (20.6%), geraniol (17.1%) and germacrene‐d‐4‐ol (8.3%) as the major components. Geranyl acetate (4.5%), linalol (4.5%) and borneol (2.9%) were notable minor components. The major components from wild and cultivated E. muticus were geranial (40.1–44.8%), neral (26.0–35.4%) and geranyl acetate (1.8–8.6%). Dried lower parts from cultivated E. muticus contained oil rich in geranial (29.6%), neral (20.2%) and geranyl acetate (18.8%), whilst the upper aerial parts contained geranial (41.9%), neral (26.4%) and geranyl acetate (4.7%) as the main components. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.