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The essential oil composition of Bubonium graveolens (Forssk.) Maire from the Algerian Sahara
Author(s) -
Cheriti Abdelkrim,
Saad Amel,
Belboukhari Nasser,
Ghezali Said
Publication year - 2007
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.1794
Subject(s) - chemistry , essential oil , composition (language) , chemical composition , botany , horticulture , food science , biology , organic chemistry , philosophy , linguistics
The chemical compositions of the essential oils from the leaves and flowers of the endemic medicinal plant Bubonium graveolens , collected from south‐western Algeria, were established by GC–MS analysis. A total of 43 compounds were identified, representing, for leaves and flowers respectively, 97% and 97.6% of the total oil composition. 1,8‐Cineole (21.5% in leaves, 16.5% in flowers), δ ‐cadinol (19.1% in leaves, 13.9% in flowers) were the major compounds identified. The flower oil was characterized by a high percentage of 2,6‐dimethyl‐1,6‐heptadien‐4‐yl acetate (19.4%) and trans ‐chrysanthenyl acetate (18.7%). δ ‐Cadinene (12.4%) was detected exclusively in the leaf oil. This is the first report on the chemical compounds of the oil of the B. graveolens . Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.