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Essential oil composition of Cephalophora aromatica cultivated in Iran
Author(s) -
Sefidkon F.,
Omidbaigi R.
Publication year - 2004
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.1286
Subject(s) - undecane , chemistry , hexanoic acid , essential oil , composition (language) , decane , geranyl acetate , botany , traditional medicine , food science , organic chemistry , linalool , biology , medicine , philosophy , linguistics
Hydrodistilled volatile oil from the owers of Cephalophora aromatica Schrad. (cultivated in Iran) was analysed by a combination of GC and GC–MS. Twenty‐nine components were identied. The main constituents of the essential oil were 2‐ethyl hexanoic acid (27.0%), n ‐undecane (14.1%), decane (11.4%) and geranyl tiglate (7.9%). Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.