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Essential oil composition of Zanthoxylum alatum seeds from northern India
Author(s) -
Jain Neetu,
Srivastava S. K.,
Aggarwal K. K.,
Ramesh S.,
Kumar Sushil
Publication year - 2001
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/ffj.1024
Subject(s) - zanthoxylum , linalool , chemistry , limonene , rutaceae , composition (language) , monoterpene , essential oil , botany , organic chemistry , food science , linguistics , philosophy , biology
Abstract The seeds of Zanthoxylum alatum Roxb., on hydrodistillation, gave 1.5% of oil (v/w). GC and GC–MS analysis of the oil resulted in the identification of 56 constituents, representing 99.5% of the oil. Linalool (71%), limonene (8.2%), β‐phellandrene (5.7%) and ( Z )‐methylcinnamate (4.9%) were the major components. It is suggested that the seeds of Z. alatum can be used as a commercial source for the isolation of linalool. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.