Chemical components of essential oil extracted from leaves of Pittosporum floribundum Wight & Arn. family Pittosporaceae gathered in Dien Chau, Nghe An province
- Author:
Le Quy Bao
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Chemical component;
Essential oil;
Pittosporum floribundum;
Nghe An;
Pittosporaceae
- MeSH:
Oils, Volatile;
Plants, medicinal;
Pharmaceutical Preparations;
Medicine, Traditional
- From:Pharmaceutical Journal
2005;348(4):5-7
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The leaf oil of Pittosporum floribudum Weight & Am. collected from Nghe An province, in October 2004 was isolated by steam distillation to give oil yield 0.15% and analyzed by Capillary GC and GC/MS. Thirty five components have been identified accounting more than 98% of the oil. The major constituents of this oil appeared to be a pinene (42.97%) and limonene (40.46%). Predominant minor compounds included p-pinene (5.17%) undecane (3.96%) and p-myrcene (2.45%)
