Essential oil composition of Callistemon viminalis leaves from India

✍ Scribed by S. K. Srivastava; Ateeque Ahmad; K. V. Syamsunder; K. K. Aggarwal; S. P. S. Khanuja

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 63 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0882-5734
• DOI: 10.1002/ffj.1143

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The leaves of Callistemon viminalis, on hydrodistillation, gave 0.45% of an oil on a fresh weight basis. GC and GC–MS analysis of the oil resulted in the identification of 42 constituents, representing 99.5% of the oil. 1,8‐Cineole (61.7%), α‐pinene (24.2%) and menthyl acetate (5.3%) were the major components. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.