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Essential oils from schinus molle L. berries and leaves
Author(s) -
Maffei Massimo,
Chialva Franco
Publication year - 1990
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.2730050109
Subject(s) - chemistry , limonene , berry , essential oil , germacrene , sesquiterpene , botany , food science , stereochemistry , biology
Essential oils from Schinus molle L. berries and leaves were analysed by means of GC–MS. Berry oil contained mainly α‐ and β‐phellandrene (55.4% and 15.4% respectively) along with limonene (14.3%). Leaf oil which also contained α‐ and β‐phellandrene and limonene (30.2%, 9.6% and 9.3% respectively), was characterizied by the presence of sesquiterpenes such as elemol (13.3%), germacrene‐D (5.2%), γ‐eudesmol (3.2%) and T ‐cadinol (4.7%), which were present only in traces in the oil from the berries.