Composition of the Leaf Essential Oil of Cinnamomum verum (Lauraceae) from Fiji Islands

The leaf essential oils of Cinnamomum verum of the family Lauraceae of Fijian origin have been analyzed by GC and GC-MS. This paper reports the characterization of thirty one components of the Fijian C. verum leaf essential oil, of which eugenol (86.02 %), (E)-caryophyllene (5.70 %) and linalool (2....

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Published inJournal of essential oil-bearing plants (Dehra Dun) Vol. 10; no. 5; pp. 374 - 377
Main Authors Patel, Kirti, Ali, Sadaquat, Sotheeswaran, Subramanium, Dufour, Jean-Pierre
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 2007
Subjects
(E)-caryophyllene
Cinnamomum
eugenol
Fijian Cinnamomum verum
GC and GC-MS
Lauraceae
leaf essential oils
linalool
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Summary:The leaf essential oils of Cinnamomum verum of the family Lauraceae of Fijian origin have been analyzed by GC and GC-MS. This paper reports the characterization of thirty one components of the Fijian C. verum leaf essential oil, of which eugenol (86.02 %), (E)-caryophyllene (5.70 %) and linalool (2.30 %) were the major constituents. From the Indian C. verum leaf essential oils, only nine components were previously reported.
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ISSN:0972-060X
0976-5026
DOI:10.1080/0972060X.2007.10643569