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The essential oil of the fruit of Garcinia huillensis Welw. ex. Oliv. from Zimbabwe
Author(s) -
Chagonda Lameck S.,
Chalchat JeanClaude
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.1420
Subject(s) - chemistry , essential oil , humulene , botany , caryophyllene , traditional medicine , food science , biology , medicine
The edible fruits of Garcinia huillensis Welw. ex. Oliv. growing wild in the Gutu and Rusape areas of Zimbabwe were collected, hydrodistilled and examined by GC–MS for essential oil composition. The main components from the fruit collected from the Rasa area, Gutu, were α ‐humulene (23.0%), valencene (18.2%), β ‐caryophyllene (12.6%), caryophyllene oxide (6.3%) and δ ‐selinene (5.0%). The Rusape oil contained β ‐caryophyllene (53.9%), α ‐humulene (10.1%) and valencene (4.0%) as the major components. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.