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Essential oils from Astronium urundeuva (Allemao) Engl. and A. fraxinifolium Schott ex Spreng.
Author(s) -
Maia José Guilherme S.,
da Silva Milton Helio L.,
Andrade Eloisa Helena A.,
Zoghbi Maria das Graças B.,
Léa Maria M. Carreira
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.1046
Subject(s) - limonene , essential oil , botany , biology
The essential oils from leaves and fine branches of Astronium urundeuva and A. fraxinifolium have been obtained by hydrodistillation and analysed by GC–MS. The oils of the samples of A. urundeuva , collected at Carolina, state of Maranhão, and Araguaína, state of Tocantins, were dominated by Δ 3 ‐carene (78.1% and 56.3%, respectively). The major components of A. fraxinifolium , collected at Chapada dos Guimarães, state of Mato Grosso, were ( Z )‐β‐ocimene (42.2%), bicyclogermacrene (13.3%), limonene (13.2%) and ( E )‐β‐ocimene (11.1%). Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.