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Essential oil of wild Ocotea quixos (Lam.) Kosterm. (Lauraceae) leaves from Amazonian Ecuador
Author(s) -
Sacchetti Gianni,
Guerrini Alessandra,
Noriega Paco,
Bianchi Alberto,
Bruni Renato
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.1648
Subject(s) - lauraceae , chemistry , essential oil , steam distillation , sabinene , traditional medicine , cinnamomum , magnoliaceae , botany , sesquiterpene , cinnamaldehyde , organic chemistry , food science , cassia , biology , limonene , medicine , alternative medicine , traditional chinese medicine , pathology , catalysis
The essential oil extracted by steam distillation from the leaves of wild Ocotea quixos (Lauraceae) was analysed by GC and GC–MS. Sixty‐one compounds were identified, representing 93.6% of the total detected. The main components were β ‐caryophyllene (15.1%), cinnamyl acetate (11.4%), sabinene (7.6%), geranial (5.6%) and trans ‐cinnamaldehyde (5.1%). Remarkable differences were noted with respect to the essential oil previously obtained from the flower calices of the same plant. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.