Abstract
Essential oil composition of the fruit oils of Piper chaba, P. longum and P. nigrum were investigated by GC and GC/MS. Unlike P. nigrum oil, P. chaba and P. longum oils were found to contain few monoterpene hydrocarbons, a moderate content of sesquiterpenes and high content of aliphatic hydrocarbons. The content of caryophyllene oxide (7.4%) was the highest in P. chaba and that of β-caryophyllene was found to be 39.7%, 10.2% and 5.2% in, P. nigrum, P. longum and P. chaba, respectively.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 603-608 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Essential Oil Research |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2000 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- 8-heptadecene
- Caryophyllene oxide
- Essential oil composition
- Germacrene D
- Heptadecane
- Pentadecane
- Piper chaba
- Piper longum
- Piper nigrum
- Piperaceae
- β-caryophyllene
- δ-3-carene
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemistry(all)