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Chemical composition of the essential oil of Plumbago europaea L. roots from Iran
Author(s) -
Navaei M. Najafpour,
Mirza M.,
Dini M.
Publication year - 2005
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.1384
Subject(s) - chemistry , limonene , essential oil , plumbagin , composition (language) , chemical composition , botany , terpenoid , food science , organic chemistry , stereochemistry , linguistics , philosophy , biology
Hydro‐distilled volatile oil from the roots of Plumbago europaea L. was obtained at a yield of 0.2% w/w based on dry weight. The oil was analyzed by a combination of GC and GC‐MS. Fifteen components were identied constituting 95.3% of the oil. The major constituents in the root oil were plumbagin (69.1%), 1‐octen‐3‐yl acetate (9%) and limonene (5.7%). Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.