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Composition of the essential oil of Schinus latifolius engl.
Author(s) -
Barroso José G.,
Pedro Luis G.,
Pais M. Salomé S.,
Scheffer Johannes J. C.
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.2730060315
Subject(s) - sabinene , chemistry , essential oil , composition (language) , monoterpene , food science , organic chemistry , limonene , linguistics , philosophy
The essential oil isolated by hydrodistillation from leaves of Schinus latifolius Engl. was analysed by GC and GC‐ MS. Forty‐eight components of the oil were identified with certainty; they represented 96% of the oil which contained mainly monoterpenes; β‐pinene (35%), sabinene (24%) and α‐pinene (21%) being the major constituents. Sesquiterpenes, which were all found in a concentration lower than 1%, constituted 6.5% of the oil; the oxygen‐containing components of these, all alcohols, amounted to 4.8%. Phytochemical studies on the oil have not been reported previously.