Chemical composition of essential oils and hydrosols from fresh flowers of Cerasus subhirtella and Cerasus serrulata from East China

• Published in: Natural product research Vol. 28; no. 21; pp. 1923 - 1925
• Main Authors: Lei, Gaoming, Wang, Longhu, Liu, Xuesong, Zhang, Anyun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Benzaldehydes - analysis; Chromatography, Gas; Drugs, Chinese Herbal - analysis; Drugs, Chinese Herbal - chemistry; Flowers - chemistry; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Oils, Volatile - analysis; Oils, Volatile - chemistry; Plant Leaves - chemistry; Prunus - chemistry; benzaldehyde; Cerasusserrulata; essential oil; hydrosol; mandelonitrile; Cerasus subhirtella
• ISSN: 1478-6419; 1478-6427
• DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2014.948437

Essential oils and hydrosols from fresh flowers of Cerasus subhirtella (Miq.) Sok. and Cerasusserrulata (Lindl.) London from East China were analysed by gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for the first time. The major components of the essential oils from C. subhirtella and C.serrulata were benzaldehyde (31.2% and 42.1%, respectively), tricosane (23.1% and 27.7%, respectively) and pentacosane (23.2% and 19.0%, respectively). The main constituents of the hydrosol volatiles from C. subhirtella and C.serrulata were benzaldehyde (67.5% and 64.3%, respectively) and mandelonitrile (12.5% and 12.4%, respectively). Benzaldehyde was the key component of the essential oils, while benzaldehyde as well as mandelonitrile was the principal compound of the hydrosols.