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Essential oil composition of Juniperus chinensis from the plains of northern India
Author(s) -
Raina V. K.,
Srivastava S. K.,
Syamsundar K. V.
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.1366
Subject(s) - sabinene , safrole , chemistry , essential oil , limonene , methyl eugenol , juniper , eugenol , botany , composition (language) , sesquiterpene , organic chemistry , food science , chromatography , biology , linguistics , philosophy , pest analysis , tephritidae
The volatile leaf oil of Juniperus chinensis L., gown as ornamental tree in the plains of northern India, was examined by GC and GC‐MS. Thirty‐three components representing 94.8% of the oil were characterized with sabinene (19.8%), elemol (18.6%), bornyl acetate (17.5%) and limonene (14.2%) as major constituents. The oil was found to be polymorphic neither for cedrene/thujopsene/cedrol (typical juniper wood oil components) nor for phenolics such as methyl chavicol, safrole, methyl eugenol and elemicin, derived from phenyl propanoid pathway. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.