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Variations in the volatile constituents of peperomia rotundifolia schlecht. & cham. grown on different host‐trees in guadeloupe
Author(s) -
Bessiere J. M.,
Menut C.,
Lamaty G.,
Joseph H.
Publication year - 1994
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.2730090308
Subject(s) - chemistry , steam distillation , camphor , limonene , dichloromethane , host (biology) , botany , sabinene , distillation , chromatography , essential oil , organic chemistry , ecology , biology , solvent
Plants of Peperomia rotundifolia Schlecht. & Cham. were collected in Guadeloupe from seven different host‐trees at two periods in the year and extracted with dichloromethane; after steam distillation the volatile constituents were analysed by GC and GC–MS coupling. In all samples, limonene is the most abundant component (18–43%) together with variable amounts of camphor (5–20%); safrole, absent in some extracts, can represent up to 24% of the volatile constituents in others. No correlation has been found between the chemical composition of the volatile oil and the period of gathering or the botanical nature of the host‐tree.