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Essential oil of Homalomena sagittifolia Jungh.
Author(s) -
Wong K. C.,
Lim T. B.,
Ali D. M. H.
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.1714
Subject(s) - chemistry , rhizome , monoterpene , linalool , essential oil , pinene , terpene , botany , organic chemistry , chromatography , biology
The essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation of the leaves and rhizomes of Homalomena sagittifolia Jungh. were analysed by capillary GC and GC‐MS; 59 constituents were identified in the leaf oil, monoterpene hydrocarbons being the major chemical class with α ‐pinene (22.2%) and β ‐pinene (17.2%) dominating. Among the sesquiterpenoids present, the most abundant was neointermedeol. The rhizome oil yielded 49 identified constituents and was characterized by a very high level of linalool (61.9%). Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.