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Essential oils of some Boswellia spp., Myrrh and Opopanax
Author(s) -
Başer K. H. C.,
Demirci B.,
Dekebo Aman,
Dagne Ermias
Publication year - 2003
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.1166
Subject(s) - chemistry , burseraceae , limonene , traditional medicine , essential oil , monoterpene , terpene , chromatography , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , medicine
The essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation of resins of Boswellia neglecta, B. pirottae , B. rivae , Commiphora myrrha (myrrh) and C. guidottii (opopanax or scented myrrh) were analysed using GC–MS. α ‐Thujene (19.2%), α ‐pinene (16.7%) and terpinen‐4‐ol (12.5%) were found to be the major components in B. neglecta ; limonene (14.8%) in B. rivae ; trans ‐verbenol (15.5%) and terpinen‐4‐ol (14.6%) in B. pirottae ; ( E )‐ β ‐ocimene (33%) in gum opopanax and furanoeudesma‐1,3‐diene (34%) in myrrh. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.