Chemical composition of leaf and root essential oils of Boenninghausenia albiflora Reichb. from northern India

Nat Prod Res. 2012 Nov;26(21):2040-4. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2011.635344. Epub 2011 Nov 24.

Abstract

The leaf and root essential oil composition of Boenninghausenia albiflora Reichb and Meissner (family: Rutaceae), collected from Uttarakhand, India, was analysed by capillary gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The major constituents identified in the leaf essential oil were β-myrcene, (Z)-β-guaiene, (Z)-β-ocimene and β-caryophyllene, whereas bicyclogermacrene, α-terpinyl acetate, geijerene and β-copaene-4α-ol were identified as the major constituents of the root essential oil. This is the first time that the chemical compositions of leaf and root essential oils of B. albiflora have been investigated in detail. The results show significant qualitative and quantitative variations in leaf and root oil composition.

MeSH terms

  • Acyclic Monoterpenes
  • Alkenes / analysis
  • Chromatography, Gas / methods
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • India
  • Monoterpenes / analysis
  • Oils, Volatile / analysis
  • Oils, Volatile / chemistry*
  • Plant Leaves / chemistry*
  • Plant Roots / chemistry*
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry
  • Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes
  • Rutaceae / chemistry*
  • Sesquiterpenes / analysis
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Terpenes / analysis

Substances

  • Acyclic Monoterpenes
  • Alkenes
  • Monoterpenes
  • Oils, Volatile
  • Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Terpenes
  • beta-myrcene
  • beta-ocimene
  • caryophyllene
  • terpinyl acetate