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Linalool from Lippia alba:  Study of the Reproducibility of the Essential Oil Profile and the Enantiomeric Purity

A new chemotype of the aromatic Verbenaceae species Lippia alba Mill. N. E. Br. from southeastern Brazil has recently been shown to have a high content of linalool in the leaf essential oil. Vegetative propagation of this chemotype was conducted at six different locations in Brazil, and the variatio...

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Published in:Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 2002-06, Vol.50 (12), p.3518-3521
Main Authors: Siani, Antonio C, Tappin, Marcelo R. R, Ramos, Mônica F. S, Mazzei, José L, Ramos, Maria Conceição K. V, de Aquino Neto, Francisco R, Frighetto, Nélson
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Summary:A new chemotype of the aromatic Verbenaceae species Lippia alba Mill. N. E. Br. from southeastern Brazil has recently been shown to have a high content of linalool in the leaf essential oil. Vegetative propagation of this chemotype was conducted at six different locations in Brazil, and the variation of the content and the optical purity of linalool in the oils were verified. Yields (0.6−0.9%, hydrodistillation), chemical composition, linalool content, and optical purity of the oils from all the plants were compared, using GC−FID, GC−MS, chiral chromatography, and retention index calculation. No plant exceeded the matrix in linalool content (46.5 to 90.7%), and the chemical profile of the oils was the same for all the samples. Purification of linalool to a content close to 100% was effected by vacuum distillation of the crude oil. Chiral analysis showed exclusively the presence of S-linalool in all the crude oils and in the distilled samples. Keywords: Lippia alba; Verbenaceae; (+)-linalool; essential oil; chiral gas chromatography
ISSN:0021-8561
1520-5118
DOI:10.1021/jf011592n