Chemical Composition of Leaf Essential Oil of Syzygium densiflorum Wall. ex Wt. & Arn.- A Vulnerable Tree Species

TitleChemical Composition of Leaf Essential Oil of Syzygium densiflorum Wall. ex Wt. & Arn.- A Vulnerable Tree Species
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsSaranya J, Eganathan P, Sujanapal P, Parida A
JournalJournal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants
Start Page283
End page287
Date Published02/2012
Keywordsisoledene, Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants, Myrtaceae, Syzygium densiflorum, α-gurjunene., β-maaliene
Abstract

Syzygium densiflorum is a tree species categorized as a vulnerable species in the IUCN red
list of threatened species. Fresh leaf samples of S. densiflorum were collected from a wild tree and essential
oil fraction was extracted by hydrodistillation process and the compounds were identified using GC-MS
analysis. A total of 84 compounds were identified among which β-maaliene (17.43 %), isoledene (12.46 %),
α-gurjunene (10.44 %), β-elemene (9.9 %) and β-vatirenene (8.50 %) were major constituents.
Publisher Category: 
MSSRF Staff
Department: 
Bio-Technology