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Chemical composition of essential oil of Calendula officinalis L. (pot marigold)
Author(s) -
Chalchat J. C.,
Garry R. Ph.,
Michet A.
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.2730060306
Subject(s) - chemistry , calendula officinalis , monoterpene , sesquiterpene , steam distillation , essential oil , composition (language) , botany , officinalis , chemical composition , terpene , organic chemistry , chromatography , linguistics , philosophy , biology
The essential oil of Calendula officinalis L. was obtained in low yield (0.3 %) by steam distillation with cohobation from flowers and whole plants. Sixty‐six components were identified by GC‐MS, mainly sesquiterpene alcohols: α‐cadinol was the main constituent (about 25%). The essential oil from the whole plant differed from that of the flowers by the presence of monoterpene hydrocarbons in addition to the alcohols.