Essential Oil Constituents of Young Stem, Leaf and Fruit of Platycladus Orientalis (L.) Franco Grown in Isfahan (Iran) Publisher



Afsharypuor S¹ ; Nayebzadeh B¹
Source: Journal of Essential Oil Research Published:2009

Abstract

The compositions of the essential oils of young stem, leaf and fruit of Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Fifty-two volatile components in the fruit oil, 23 components in the leaf oil and 21 components in the young stem oil were identified. The main constituents of the young stem oil were δ-3-carene (24.3%), α-pinene (15.4%), cedrol (17.7%), sabinene (8.2%), α-humulene (6.1%), cis-thujopsene (5.5%), terpinolene (4.5%) and β-phellandrene (3.1%), while the major components of the leaf oil were α-pinene (30.0%), δ-3-carene (21.7%), β-caryophyllene (6.9%), cedrol (6.1%), α-terpinene (5.2%), α-humulene (4.6%) and β-phellandrene (4.5%). The main constituents of the fruit oil were α-pinene (38.7%), δ-3-carene (20.4%), α-fenchene (5.0%), terpinolene (4.7%), α-terpinene (4.0%), β-pinene (3.6%) and o-cymene (3.6%). The monoterpene hydrocarbons represented the most abundant constituents of the analyzed oils. Meanwhile, α-pinene and δ-3-carene constituted the most important volatile components of the oils. © 2009, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.