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Chemical composition of the essential oils of Annona cuneata L. and Annona senegalensis Pers. stem barks
Author(s) -
Khallouki Farid,
Younos Chafique,
Soulimani Rachid,
Bessière Jean Marie
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.1115
Subject(s) - annonaceae , sabinene , limonene , chemistry , botany , essential oil , annona , biology , food science
The composition of the essential oils of the Annona senegalensis Pers. and Annona cuneata L. (Annonaceae) stem barks is reported. GC and GC–MS analyses showed p ‐cymene (36.0%) as the most abundant component of A. senegalensis , whilst sabinene (39.9%) was the main component of A. cuneata . α‐and β‐Pinene, (5.1% and 9.2%), β‐phellandrene (4.9%), limonene (5.8%) and germacrene D (9.0%), were the major constituents of A. cuneata ; those of A. senegalensis stem bark oil were α‐phellandrene (25.0%), α‐pinene (8.3%), Z ‐sabinol (6.9%) and limonene (4.8%). Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.