Essential oil composition of Croton cuneatus and Croton malambo growing in Venezuela

The bark of Croton malambo and the aerial parts of Croton cuneatus were subjected to hydrodistillation to obtain the essential oils of each specie. The composition of these samples were analysed by GC‐MS and by NMR. The analysis of the C. malambo oil showed 36 constituents including traces, in which...

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Published in:Flavour and fragrance journal 2005-11, Vol.20 (6), p.611-614
Main Authors: Suárez, Alírica I., Vásquez, Luis J., Manzano, María A., Compagnone, Reinaldo S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Biological and medical sciences
Chemical industry and chemicals
Croton cuneatus
Croton malambo
elemicine
Essential oils, perfumes
Exact sciences and technology
GC-MS
General pharmacology
Medical sciences
methyleugenol
Pharmacognosy. Homeopathy. Health food
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
veratral
Washing products. Cosmetics and toiletries. Perfumes
α-11-eudesmene
δ-cadinol
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Summary:The bark of Croton malambo and the aerial parts of Croton cuneatus were subjected to hydrodistillation to obtain the essential oils of each specie. The composition of these samples were analysed by GC‐MS and by NMR. The analysis of the C. malambo oil showed 36 constituents including traces, in which methyl eugenol (65.4%), methyl isoeugenol (6.3%), elemicine (4.7%), isoelemicine (3.4%), veratral (3.0%) and δ‐cadinol (4.1%) were the major components. C. cuneatus oil was found to be rich in phenylpropanoids and sesquiterpene alcohols, showing 43 compounds, where α‐11‐eudesmene (51.3%), methyleugenol (25.9%), 4‐α‐seleniol (10.2%), cedryl propyl ether (2.9%), τ‐cadinol (4.4%), cubenol (1.3%) methyl isoeugenol (1.2%), veratral (1.3%) and agarospirol (1.0%) were the most abundant compounds. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN:0882-5734
1099-1026
DOI:10.1002/ffj.1498