Chemical composition of the essential oils from fruits, leaves and flowers of the Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense Rupr.)

✍ Scribed by Anna Lis; Ewa Boczek; Józef Góra

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 82 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0882-5734
• DOI: 10.1002/ffj.1349

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The essential oils from fruits, leaves and flowers of the Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense Rupr.) were analysed by GC, GC–MS and ^1^H‐NMR spectroscopy. About 80 compounds were identified in each oil. Myrcene (62.3–70.3%) and β‐caryophyllene (6.8–10.5%) dominated in the oils from unripe and ripe fruits. The leaf oil contained β‐elemol (18.5%) and (Z)‐β‐ocimene (12.6%) as the main constituents, whereas in the flower oil these were (Z)‐β‐ocimene (9.5%), β‐elemol (9.4%), myrcene (7.8%) and nonacosane (7.7%). Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.