Chemical composition of the essential oils of four Plumeria species grown on peninsular Malaysia

The flower oils of four Plumeria L. species; P obtusa L., P. acuminata Ait. (yellow flower), P rubra L. (pink flower) and P. rubra (orange flower) hydrodistilled from samples grown on peninsular Malaysia, were analyzed by gas chromatography on two columns of different polarity and GUMS. The oil of P...

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Main Authors: Tohar, N., Awang, Khalijah, Mohd, M.A., Jantan, I.
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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10412905.2006.9699182
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author Tohar, N.
Awang, Khalijah
Mohd, M.A.
Jantan, I.
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Awang, Khalijah
Mohd, M.A.
Jantan, I.
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description The flower oils of four Plumeria L. species; P obtusa L., P. acuminata Ait. (yellow flower), P rubra L. (pink flower) and P. rubra (orange flower) hydrodistilled from samples grown on peninsular Malaysia, were analyzed by gas chromatography on two columns of different polarity and GUMS. The oil of P obtusa was found to be rich in benzyl salicylate (45.4) and benzyl benzoate (17.2), but also minute concentrations of alkanoic acids. oil obtained from, P acuminata was rich in palmitic acid (36.2), linoleic acid (16.8), lauric acid (10.4) and myristic acid (10.3). The pink flowered P rubra oil was similar to P acuminata oil in that it was also devoid of benzyl salicylate and benzyl benzoate and rich in alkanoic acids but linoleic acid was absent in the oil of the former. However, the orange flowered P rubra oil contained both the non-terpene esters (benzyl salicylate, benzyl benzoate and 2-phenylethyl benzoate) and alkanoic acids in significant amounts. The orange flowered cultivar had the highest concentration of (E) -nerolidol (14.4) and geraniol (4.1) among the species studied.
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spelling my.um.eprints-76142019-03-01T09:02:36Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/7614/ Chemical composition of the essential oils of four Plumeria species grown on peninsular Malaysia Tohar, N. Awang, Khalijah Mohd, M.A. Jantan, I. R Medicine The flower oils of four Plumeria L. species; P obtusa L., P. acuminata Ait. (yellow flower), P rubra L. (pink flower) and P. rubra (orange flower) hydrodistilled from samples grown on peninsular Malaysia, were analyzed by gas chromatography on two columns of different polarity and GUMS. The oil of P obtusa was found to be rich in benzyl salicylate (45.4) and benzyl benzoate (17.2), but also minute concentrations of alkanoic acids. oil obtained from, P acuminata was rich in palmitic acid (36.2), linoleic acid (16.8), lauric acid (10.4) and myristic acid (10.3). The pink flowered P rubra oil was similar to P acuminata oil in that it was also devoid of benzyl salicylate and benzyl benzoate and rich in alkanoic acids but linoleic acid was absent in the oil of the former. However, the orange flowered P rubra oil contained both the non-terpene esters (benzyl salicylate, benzyl benzoate and 2-phenylethyl benzoate) and alkanoic acids in significant amounts. The orange flowered cultivar had the highest concentration of (E) -nerolidol (14.4) and geraniol (4.1) among the species studied. 2006 Article PeerReviewed Tohar, N. and Awang, Khalijah and Mohd, M.A. and Jantan, I. (2006) Chemical composition of the essential oils of four Plumeria species grown on peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Essential Oil Research, 18 (6). pp. 613-617. ISSN 1041-2905, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10412905.2006.9699182
spellingShingle R Medicine
Tohar, N.
Awang, Khalijah
Mohd, M.A.
Jantan, I.
Chemical composition of the essential oils of four Plumeria species grown on peninsular Malaysia
title Chemical composition of the essential oils of four Plumeria species grown on peninsular Malaysia
title_full Chemical composition of the essential oils of four Plumeria species grown on peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr Chemical composition of the essential oils of four Plumeria species grown on peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Chemical composition of the essential oils of four Plumeria species grown on peninsular Malaysia
title_short Chemical composition of the essential oils of four Plumeria species grown on peninsular Malaysia
title_sort chemical composition of the essential oils of four plumeria species grown on peninsular malaysia
topic R Medicine
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