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Essential oil composition of Murraya exotica from the plains of northern India
Author(s) -
Raina V. K.,
Verma S. C.,
Dhawan Sangeeta,
Khan M.,
Ramesh S.,
Singh S. C.,
Yadav Anju,
Srivastava S. K.
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.1547
Subject(s) - farnesol , chemistry , nerolidol , germacrene d , sesquiterpene , essential oil , murraya , germacrene , composition (language) , chemical composition , traditional medicine , botany , organic chemistry , food science , biology , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , linalool
The essential oil composition of Murraya exotica leaves and flowers from CIMAP Research Farm, Lucknow, were analysed by GC and GC–MS, which resulted in the identification of 56 and 72 constituents, representing 99.8% and 99.2% of the oils, respectively. The leaf oil showed ( E )‐nerolidol (27.8%), α ‐zingiberene (10.0%), β ‐caryophyllene (9.7%), ( E , E ) farnesol (8.9%) and δ ‐elemene (5.1%) as the major constituents, while the flower oil showed ( E , E , E )‐ α ‐springene (23.8%), ( E )‐nerolidol (18.7%), ( E , E ) α ‐farnesene (13.2%), methyl palmitate (6.8%) and germacrene B (5.9%) as the major constituents. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.