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The leaf essential oil of two chemotypes of Backhousia anisata vickery
Author(s) -
Brophy Joseph J.,
Boland Douglas J.
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.2730060305
Subject(s) - chemotype , anethole , chemistry , essential oil , botany , stereochemistry , food science , biology
Backhousia anisata Vickery has been found to occur in two chemotypes. One chemotype contains E ‐anethole (90+ %) as its major component with small amount of methyl chavicol (< 5%) and very little Z ‐anethole( < 0.1 %). The second chemotype contains methyl chavicol (60‐75%) as its major compound with smaller amounts of E ‐anethole (< 25%) and Z ‐anethole (<0.1%). In both cases the oil yield was 1‐1.5% based on fresh leaves.