Volatile constituents from flowers, leaves, bark and wood of Prunus mahaleb L

• Published in: Flavour and fragrance journal Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 306 - 313
• Main Authors: Mastelić, Josip, Jerković, Igor, Mesić, Milan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01-03-2006
• Subjects: coumarin; GC-MS; heneicosane; hexadecanoic acid; octacosane; phytol; Prunus mahaleb L; Rosaceae; steam volatiles
• ISSN: 0882-5734; 1099-1026
• DOI: 10.1002/ffj.1596

Volatile constituents from air‐dried flowers, leaves, stem‐bark and wood of Prunus mahaleb L. (Rosaceae) were isolated by steam‐distillation and analysed using GC and GC–MS; 130 components were identified. Aliphatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, carbonyls, fatty acids, terpenes, C13‐norisoprenoids and phenylpropane derivatives were detected. Coumarin was identified as the main component of the bark volatiles (34.1%). Hexadecanoic acid was the main component in the wood (46.0%), and was also present in the leaves (17.8%) and bark (9.3%). n‐Alkanes, heneicosane (22.1%) and octacosane (13.0%) were identified as the main components in the flowers, while eicosane was detected in the wood (12.9%). Phytol was identified in the leaves (5.1%). Dodecanoic, tetradecanoic and linoleic acids were present in all samples among the major components. The contents of volatile compounds were 340.0 mg/kg (flowers), 64.6 mg/kg (leaves), 41.0 mg/kg (bark) and 6.6 mg/kg (wood). Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.