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Composition of the essential oils of the leaves and flowers of Rhus mysurensis Heyne ex Wight & Arn growing in the Aravalli mountain range at New Delhi
Author(s) -
Srivastava Suchi,
Mallavarapu Gopal Rao,
Rai Sanjay Kumar,
Singh Digvijay,
Mishra Raghvendra,
PandeyRai Shashi,
Kumar Sushil
Publication year - 2006
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.1561
Subject(s) - chemistry , wight , botany , biology , geography , archaeology
Abstract Hydrodistillation of the leaves (L) and flowers (inflorescence, F) of Rhus mysurensis plants growing on the Aravalli ridge at New Delhi in India gave sweet scented volatile oils which were investigated by GC and GC–MS analyses. Both the oils were found to contain almost the same compounds. The major components of the oils were identified as α ‐pinene (F, 15.5%; L, 26.8%), limonene (L, 26.2%; F, 51.3%), sabinene (L,3.8%; F, 4.1%), β ‐caryophyllene (L, 6.6%; F, 9.4%) and α ‐ and β ‐eudesmol (L, 7.8%; F, 4.4%). Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.