Essential oils of Litsea monopetala (Roxb.) Pers. A new report from India

Litsea monopetala (Roxb.) Pers. (Lauraceae) is a "muga" silk worm fodder tree in Northeast India, with the local name "sualu." The oils of this species, obtained by steam distillation of the fresh fruits, flowers and bark, were examined by high resolution GC and GC/MS for the fir...

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Published in:The Journal of essential oil research 1997-11, Vol.9 (6), p.635-639
Main Authors: Choudhury, S.N, Ghosh, A.C, Choudhury, M, Leclercq, P.A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ACEITES ESENCIALES
ACIDE CAPRIQUE
ACIDE MYRISTIQUE
ACIDO CAPRICO
ACIDO MIRISTICO
ALPHA-CARYOPHYLLENE ALCOHOL
BARK
CAPRIC ACID
CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
COMPOSE VOLATIL
COMPOSICION QUIMICA
COMPOSITION CHIMIQUE
COMPUESTO VOLATIL
CORTEZA
DECANAL
ECORCE
essential oil composition
ESSENTIAL OILS
FLEUR
FLORES
FLOWERS
FRUITS
FRUTAS
HIDROCARBUROS
HUILE ESSENTIELLE
HUMULENE OXIDE
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROCARBURE
INDE
INDIA
LAURACEAE
Litsea monopetala
MYRISTIC ACID
NONANOL
PENTACOSANE
TETRADECANAL
TRICOSANE
TRIDECANOL
VOLATILE COMPOUNDS
α-caryophyllene alcohol
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Summary:Litsea monopetala (Roxb.) Pers. (Lauraceae) is a "muga" silk worm fodder tree in Northeast India, with the local name "sualu." The oils of this species, obtained by steam distillation of the fresh fruits, flowers and bark, were examined by high resolution GC and GC/MS for the first time. From the more than 50 compounds separated by GC, about 40 to 45 compounds have been identified in the various oils, accounting for 89.5% to 93.8% of the oils. The major components of the flower oil were alpha-caryophyllene alcohol (13.9%), pentacosane (11.4%), caryophyllene oxide (9.5%), humulene oxide (9.5%) and tricosane (8.1%). The more volatile fruit oil consisted mainly of decanal (26.7%), nonanol (16.8%) and capric acid (15.5%). The bark oil was mainly composed of aldehydes, alcohols and acids, of which tetradecanal (30.2%), tridecanol (11.3%), myristic acid (10.5%) and tridecanal (9.4%) predominated
ISSN:1041-2905
2163-8152
DOI:10.1080/10412905.1997.9700802