Aromatic Plants of Mali (IV): Chemical Composition of Essential Oils of Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf and C. giganteus (Hochst.) Chiov

The composition of the essential oils of Cymbopogon citratus and C. giganteus from Mali and the Ivory Coast were determined by GC and GC/MS, and they were found to contain 19 and 27 constituents, respectively. C. citratus oil from Mali contained a high proportion of citral (approx. 75%) (geranial/ne...

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Published inThe Journal of essential oil research Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 110 - 112
Main Authors Sidibé, Lassine, Chalchat, Jean-Claude, Garry, Raymond-Philippe, Lacombe, Luce, Harama, Moussa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.03.2001
Subjects
citral
Cymbopogon citratus
Cymbopogon giganteus
essential oil composition
Extraction
Gas chromatography
geranial
geraniol
Mass spectrometry
mentha-1,8-dien-2-ol
myrcene
neral
p-mentha-1,8-dien-2-ol
p-mentha-2,8-dien-1-ol
Plants (botany)
Poaceae
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Summary:The composition of the essential oils of Cymbopogon citratus and C. giganteus from Mali and the Ivory Coast were determined by GC and GC/MS, and they were found to contain 19 and 27 constituents, respectively. C. citratus oil from Mali contained a high proportion of citral (approx. 75%) (geranial/neral ca 2/1), some myrcene (6.2-9.1%) and geraniol (3.0-5.6%). It differed from the oil of the Ivory Coast in which the contents of geranial, neral and myrcene each ranged between 18-35%. C. giganteus oil was characterized by high proportions of cis- and trans-p-mentha-l(7),8-dien-2-ols (approx. 50%) and p-mentha-2,8-dien-l-ols (approx. 25%) together with isopiperitenol-carveol (approx. 10%) and traces of carvone (<5%).
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ISSN:1041-2905
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DOI:10.1080/10412905.2001.9699629