Determination of Volatile Constituents of the Essential Oil and Absolute of Nyctanthes arbortristis L. Flowers Grown in Sri Lanka

Authors

  • VS Siriwardena College of Chemical Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Ceylon.
  • LSR Arambewela

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31357/jtfe.v4i2.1853

Abstract

The volatile constituents of the essential oil and absolute of Nyctanthes arbortristis L. flowers grown in Sri Lanka were investigated. Hydro-distillation and solvent extraction were used to obtain the essential oil and the absolute respectively. The volatile samples were analyzed by capillary GC-FID and GC-MS techniques. This study led to the identification of 48 chemical constituents of the essential oil and 4 in the absolute. The essential oil composition was dominated by phytol (32.2 %) and methyl palmitate (14.7 %). Other well-known volatile constituents such as linalool (0.8 %), eucarvone (0.9 %), phytone (1.4 %), nonadecane (2.3 %), methyl myristate (1.1 %), cis-9-tricosene (3.6 %), n-pentacosane (1.6 %) and geranylgeraniol (2.7 %) were also identified in the essential oil. The absolute was dominated by butyl acetate (80.8 %) followed by phenethyl acetate (1.7 %), linalool oxide (1.4 %) and 2-butoxyethyl acetate (1.4 %).

Author Biography

VS Siriwardena, College of Chemical Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Ceylon.

I am a graduate chemist employed as a teaching assistant at the College of Chemical Sciences of the Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon.

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2014-12-27

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Siriwardena, V., & Arambewela, L. (2014). Determination of Volatile Constituents of the Essential Oil and Absolute of Nyctanthes arbortristis L. Flowers Grown in Sri Lanka. Journal of Tropical Forestry and Environment, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.31357/jtfe.v4i2.1853

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