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Volatile leaf oils of some South‐western and Southern Australian species of the genus Eucalyptus. Part IV. subgenus symphyomyrtus, section dumaria, series dumosae
Author(s) -
Bignell C. M.,
Dunlop P. J.,
Brophy J. J.,
Jackson J. F.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
flavour and fragrance journal
Language(s) - Portuguese
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1099-1026
pISSN - 0882-5734
DOI - 10.1002/ffj.2730100206
Subject(s) - subgenus , botany , eucalyptus , chemistry , genus , biology
The volatile leaf oils of Eucalyptus argutifolia Grayling & Brooker, E. kondininensis Maiden & Blakely, E. clelandii (Maiden) Maiden, E. striaticalyx W. Fitzg., E. lesouefi Maiden, E. pterocarpa C. Gardner ex P. Lang, E. fraseri (Brooker) Brooker subsp. fraseri, E. conglobata (R. Br. ex Benth.) Maiden, E. ‘anceps’, E. pileata Blakely, E. tenuis Brooker & Hopper, E. calcareana Boomsma, E. obtwiflora DC., E. dumosa A. Cunn. ex Oxley, E. percostata Brooker & P. Lang, E. cyanophylla Brooker, E. cretata P. Lang & Brooker, E. sheathiana Maiden, E. georgei Brooker & Blaxell and E. woodwardii Maiden, isolated by vacuum distillation, were analysed by GC‐MS. Most species contained α‐pinene (3‐28%), 1,8cineole (2‐62%), p ‐cymene (0.5‐39%), aromadendrene (0.5‐30%) and bicyclogermacrene (0.1‐30%) as principal leaf oil components. Eighteen of the twenty species contained torquatone.