Chemical composition of the essential oil distilled from the fruits of Eucalyptus globulus grown in Portugal

✍ Scribed by Susana I. Pereira; Carmen S. R. Freire; Carlos Pascoal Neto; Armando J. D. Silvestre; Artur M. S. Silva

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 68 KB
• Volume: 20
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0882-5734
• DOI: 10.1002/ffj.1444

✦ Synopsis

The chemical composition of the essential oil of the fruits collected from Eucalyptus globulus trees grown in Portugal has been studied; 33 components were identified, representing 94.5% of the oil, which comprises roughly equal amounts of monoterpenes (50.4%) and sesquiterpenes (49.6%). The major components identified were aromadendrene (25.1%), followed by α α α α α-phellandrene (17.2%), 1,8-cineole (11.7%), ledene (5.83%) and globulol (5.23%).