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Essential oils from two medicinal plants of Fiji: Dysoxylum richii (A. Gray) C.D.C. fruit and Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn. leaves
Author(s) -
Aalbersberg William G. L.,
Singh Yogendra
Publication year - 1991
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.2730060206
Subject(s) - sesquiterpene , chemistry , steam distillation , germacrene , essential oil , caryophyllene , botany , chromatography , organic chemistry , biology
Steam distillation of Dysoxylum richii (A. Gray) C.D.C. fruits gave a greenish coloured oil in 0.19% yield while Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn. leaves gave a yellow oil in 0.02 % yield. The composition of the essential oils was determined by the use of capillary gas‐liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. The oil from Dysoxylum richii fruits was found to be rich in sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (58 %) and oxygenated sesquiterpenes (35 %). The major components of the oil are δ‐cadinene (20.4%), germacrene‐D (16.6%) and cadinol isomers (21%). The classes of compounds detected in the leaf oil of Synedrella nodiflora were aliphatic alcohols, monoterpenes, sesquiterpene hydrocarbons and oxygenated sesquiterpenes. The major components of this oil are β‐caryophyllene, β‐farnesene, germacrene‐D and β‐cubebene.