Variation and inheritance of monoterpenes in Larix species

✍ Scribed by Yvonne Holm; Raimo Hiltunen

• Book ID: 101279742
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 130 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0882-5734
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1026(199709/10)12:5<335::aid-ffj664>3.0.co;2-i

✦ Synopsis

The terpene composition of the hydrodistilled leaf oil of Larix decidua Mill., L. sibirica Lebed., L. leptolepis (Sieb. et Zucc.) Gord., LX sibirica  leptolepis, LX leptolepis  sibirica, LX decidua  leptolepis, LX leptolepis  decidua, LX sibirica  decidua and LX laricina  decidua was examined by GC±MS using a b-cyclodextrin phase. Altogether 38 components were identi®ed, which represented more than 95% of the total oil composition. The qualitative composition of the volatile oil was very similar in all the Larix species studied. The relative amounts of the monoterpene hydrocarbons varied considerably both within and between species. The major components of the Larix leaf oils studied were À-and -a-pinene, À-b-pinene, myrcene and -3-carene.