A comparative study of the essential oil from flowers and fruits of lepisanthes rubiginosa (Roxb.) Leenh

• Main Authors: Chuangbunyat J., Teerawutgulrag A., Pyne S.G., Liawruangrath S., Liawruangrath B.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84859940427&partnerID=40&md5=e276362162821187d0f4ef8f7c55e62d; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/6710
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

The essential oils extracted by hydrodistillation from the flowers and fruits of Lepisanthes rubiginosa (Roxb.) Leenh. were analyzed by capillary GC and GC-MS. The major components of the flower essential oil were nerolidol (34.8%), palmitic acid (13.2%) and farnesol (10.0%). For the fruit essential...