Constituents of the leaf essential oil of  Persea indica  (L.) K. Spreng. | Zendy

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Constituents of the leaf essential oil of Persea indica (L.) K. Spreng.

Author(s) -

Weyerstahl Peter,

Marschall Helga,

Scora Rainer W.

Publication year - 1993

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.2730080407

Subject(s) - persea , germacrene d , lauraceae , chemistry , botany , sesquiterpene , germacrene , essential oil , horticulture , biology

Steam‐distilled leaf oils of Persea indica (L.) K. Spreng. were investigated by GC, GC–MS, and NMR spectroscopy. More than fifty components were identified. Monoterpenes, comprising only 5%, were the smallest group, followed by avocadofurans with 37%, and sesquiterpenes with 49%. The most prominent of the latter were β‐caryophyllene with 18% and germacrene‐D with 15%. The most prominent avocadofuran was ( E )‐avocadienofuran with 16%. These furans substituted in the 2‐position seem to be typical of the genus Persea .

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