Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Croton huberi Steyerm. (Euphorbiaceae) Collected from Tachira-Venezuela

Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Croton huberi Steyerm. (Euphorbiaceae) Collected from Tachira-Venezuela

GC and GC-MS analyses of Croton huberi essential oil showed the presence of fourteen compounds, with the major ones being β-caryophyllene (18.3 %) and germacrene-D (16.1 %) while valencene (8.3 %), caryophyllene oxide (7.3 %), bicycle-germacrene (7.1 %) and τ-muurolol (6.1 %) were observed in lower...

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Published in:Journal of essential oil-bearing plants (Dehra Dun) Vol. 16; no. 5; pp. 646 - 650
Main Authors: Rojas, Janne, Buitrago, Alexis, Rojas, Luís B, Cárdenas, José, Carmona, Juan
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 03-09-2013
Subjects:
beta-caryophyllene
chemical composition
Croton
Croton huberi
diterpenoids
essential oil
essential oils
Euphorbiaceae
gas chromatography
hydrocarbons
mass spectrometry
oils
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Summary:GC and GC-MS analyses of Croton huberi essential oil showed the presence of fourteen compounds, with the major ones being β-caryophyllene (18.3 %) and germacrene-D (16.1 %) while valencene (8.3 %), caryophyllene oxide (7.3 %), bicycle-germacrene (7.1 %) and τ-muurolol (6.1 %) were observed in lower amounts. The oil was characterized by a high percentage of sesquiterpene hydrocarbons 65 %, whereas oxygenated sesquiterpenes represented 21 % and oxygenated monterpenes and diterpenes only 14 % of the total oil.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0972060X.2013.854502
ISSN:0976-5026
0972-060X
0976-5026
DOI:10.1080/0972060X.2013.854502