The Chemical Composition of Spanish Myrtle Leaf Oils. Part I.
- 1 May 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Journal of Essential Oil Research
- Vol. 3 (3), 173-177
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1991.9700498
Abstract
The chemical composition of the essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation of Spanish cultivated and wild growing plants from Myrtus communis L. was examined by GC/MS. Over one hundred compounds were detected in the oils, from which about fifty could be identified and quantified. The main components were found to be α-pinene (8.05–8.18%), 1,8-cineole (15.14–29.89%), linalool (0.5–8.3%), and myrtenyl acetate (32.90–35.90%). A myrtle oil of Moroccan and one of Albanian origin were also examined and their composition was compared against the lab-distilled oils from Spanish plant material. The major components of these oils were α-pinene (19.40–23.54%), limonene (10.94–12.37%), 1,8-cineole (21.77–33.63%), and myrtenyl acetate (16.06–16.08%). As there were some differences between the chemical composition of these oils, the origin of these differences are discussed.Keywords
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