Essential oil composition of Scleria hirtella Swartz (Cyperaceae)

✍ Scribed by José Guilherme S. Maia; Milton Helio L. da Silva; Eloisa Helena A. Andrade; Nelson A. Rosa

• Book ID: 102205194
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 63 KB
• Volume: 20
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0882-5734
• DOI: 10.1002/ffj.1593

✦ Synopsis

The essential oil of Scleria hirtella was obtained by hydrodistillation and analysed by GC and GC-MS. The major constituents were nonanal (42.0%), geranial (25.3%) and neral (15.3%). It is a remarkable essential oil presenting a series of aliphatic aldehydes between C-7 and C-15, where the C-9 derivative is the most prominent. The aldehydes were probably generated from the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids by plant enzymes.