Aromatic plants of Mali (VI): Chemical composition of essential oil of Vepris heterophylla (Engl.)

Commercial samples of Vepris heterophylla of different ages but same origin yielded limpid oils that had a strong blue color when extracted from older plants. Their chemical compositions varied markedly with sample type. The freshest plants yielded oils with closely similar percentages (3-12%) of sa...

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Published inThe Journal of essential oil research Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 183 - 184
Main Authors Sidibé, Lassine, Chalchat, Jean-Claude, Garry, Raymond-Philippe, Harama, Moussa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.05.2001
Subjects
essential oil composition
geigerene
pregeigerene
Rutaceae
sabinene
Vepris heterophylla
δ-cadinene
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Summary:Commercial samples of Vepris heterophylla of different ages but same origin yielded limpid oils that had a strong blue color when extracted from older plants. Their chemical compositions varied markedly with sample type. The freshest plants yielded oils with closely similar percentages (3-12%) of sabinene, δ-cadinene, β-elemene, β-caryophyllene, germacrene-D-4-ol and α-cadinol. The oils from plants long harvested contained high levels of sabinene (25-29%), the other constituents being present in trace amounts or a few percent. Among them were geigerene and pregeigerene. No chamazulene nor any of its derivatives were detected in any oil
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ISSN:1041-2905
2163-8152
DOI:10.1080/10412905.2001.9699655