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Essential oil composition of ‘kewda’ ( Pandanus odoratissimus ) from India
Author(s) -
Raina V. K.,
Kumar Ajai,
Srivastava S. K.,
Syamsundar K. V.,
Kahol A. P.
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.1331
Subject(s) - chemistry , benzyl benzoate , germacrene , ether , composition (language) , alcohol , essential oil , ethyl acetate , organic chemistry , ethyl benzoate , sesquiterpene , chemical composition , food science , catalysis , philosophy , linguistics
The chemical composition of the essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of staminate inorescences of kewda ( Pandanus odoratissimus L.) has been compared with the kewda oil from the local market. Both the oils were subjected to high‐resolution GC and GC–MS, which resulted in the identication and quantication of 85 and 59 components, amounting to 98.7% and 98.6% of the total oils, respectively. The major components of the hydrodistilled kewda oil were 2‐phenyl ethyl methyl ether (37.7%), terpinen‐4‐ol (18.6%), α ‐terpineol (8.3%) and 2‐phenyl ethyl alcohol (7.5%), whereas the major constituents of kewda oil from the local market were 2‐phenyl ethyl alcohol (33.2%), 2‐phenyl ethyl methyl ether (16.1%), benzyl benzoate (11.0%), viridine (8.8%) and germacrene B (8.3%). Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.