Study on chemical components of essential oil from Gaultheria punctata Blume by method GC/MS
- Author:
Nguyen Thi Tam
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Gaultheria punctata Blume, chemical components
- MeSH:
Chemistry;
Oils, volatile;
Gaultheria
- From:Pharmaceutical Journal
2004;0(10):11-12
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
With the method of water vapor distillation using the "modified apparatus for quantifying essential oil" of Ha Noi college of Pharmacy the essential oil was analysed by GC/MS. Results found essential oil in all organs of the plant such as root, stem, small branch and leaf, but the most was in leaf. The essential oil is a yellow liquid, heavier considerably than water. In the above- ground organs, there is almost 98,45%-99,03% of methyl salicylat. In the root, this content is lower, an addition with other components such as delta- tetradecalaction caryophylen oxid, nootkalon
