Chemical composition of the leaf volatile oils of Callitris intratropica R. T. Baker & H. G. Smith from Nigeria

✍ Scribed by Isiaka A. Ogunwande; Nureni O. Olawore; Adeleke A. Kasali; Wilfried A. König

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 66 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0882-5734
• DOI: 10.1002/ffj.1214

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The chemical composition of the leaf volatile oils of Callitris intratropica from two different regions in Nigeria were investigated by GC and GC–MS. The essential oils comprised mainly monoterpenoids (93.0–95.9%), while sesquiterpenoids constituted the minor components (1.4–4.4%). The quantitatively significant constituents of the essential oils were α‐pinene (35.9–55.6%), limonene (21.6–50.5%) and myrcene (6.0–10.1%). Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.