Constituents of the flower oil of  Carissa opaca  growing in the Aravalli mountain range at New Delhi | Zendy

Rai Sanjay Kumar | Zendy; Mallavarapu Gopal Rao | Zendy; PandeyRai Shashi | Zendy; Srivastava Suchi | Zendy; Singh Digvijay | Zendy; Mishra Raghvendra | Zendy; Kumar Sushil | Zendy

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Constituents of the flower oil of Carissa opaca growing in the Aravalli mountain range at New Delhi

Author(s) -

Rai Sanjay Kumar,

Mallavarapu Gopal Rao,

PandeyRai Shashi,

Srivastava Suchi,

Singh Digvijay,

Mishra Raghvendra,

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.1595

Subject(s) - chemistry , benzyl benzoate , palmitic acid , botany , essential oil , ridge , food science , organic chemistry , fatty acid , biology , paleontology

The highly fragrant essential oil of the flowers of Carissa opaca , growing on Aravalli ridge at New Delhi, was investigated by GC and GC–MS analyses. A total of 20 compounds, accounting for 99.5% of the oil, were identified. The main component was palmitic acid (82.5%). Other major compounds were benzyl salicylate (6.0%), benzyl benzoate (4.6%) and ( E , E )‐ α ‐farnesene (3.5%). Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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