Volatile constituents of fruits of Astrocarium vulgare Mart. and Bactris gasipaes H.B.K. (Arecaceae)

✍ Scribed by Eloisa Helena De A. Andrade; Alberdan S. Santos; Maria Das Graças B. Zoghbi; José Guilherme S. Maia

• Book ID: 101279787
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 112 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0882-5734
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1026(199805/06)13:3<151::aid-ffj712>3.0.co;2-e

✦ Synopsis

The volatile constituents of the fruits of Astrocarium vulgare Mart. and Bactris gasipaes H.B.K. were analysed by capillary GC±MS. The volatile constituents of A. Vulgare were dominated by esters, of which the most abundant was ethyl hexanoate (47.5%). The major component of B. Gasipaes was limonene (52.9%).