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The essential oils of Eucalyptus camaldulensis and its natural hybrid (clone 583) from Morocco
Author(s) -
Farah Abdellah,
Fechtal Mohamed,
Chaouch Abdelaziz,
Zrira Saadia
Publication year - 2002
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.1114
Subject(s) - eucalyptus camaldulensis , chemistry , essential oil , clone (java method) , eucalyptus , botany , food science , biology , biochemistry , gene
In this work, the essential oils of a natural E. camaldulensis (clone 583) hybrid were studied. Yield (ml/100 g dry weight) production was determined. This is higher than the parental species ( E. camaldulensis ), which has 0.79% of essential oils vs. 0.90% for the hybrid species. About 40 components were detected by chromatography analysis. Hybrid essential oils are richer in 1,8‐cineole (84.92%) than the parental species (42.35%). The α‐pinene content of the hybrid is inferior to that of parental species (2.5% vs. 28.30% for E. camaldulensis ). Use of the crystallization method allowed us to obtain approximately 75% of essential oils, with about 95% of 1,8‐cineole. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.