• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Composition of the volatile oils isolated from the leaves of Liquidambar orientalis Mill. var. orientalis and L. orientalis var. integriloba from Turkey
  • Contributor: Duru, Mehmet Emin; Cakir, Ahmet; Harmandar, Mansur
  • imprint: Wiley, 2002
  • Published in: Flavour and Fragrance Journal
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1002/ffj.1050
  • ISSN: 0882-5734; 1099-1026
  • Keywords: General Chemistry ; Food Science
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  • Description: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The volatile oils isolated by three different methods (hydrodistillation, steam distillation and extraction–steam distillation) from the aerial parts of <jats:italic>Liquidambar orientalis</jats:italic> var. <jats:italic>orientalis</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>L. orientalis</jats:italic> var. <jats:italic>integriloba</jats:italic> were analysed by GC and GC–MS. This study allowed the identification of 41, 35 and 36 constituents in the oils obtained from var. <jats:italic>orientalis</jats:italic> and 43, 41 and 40 constituents in the oils obtained from var. <jats:italic>integriloba</jats:italic> by hydrodistillation, steam distillation and extraction–steam distillation, respectively. They were characterized by the presence of a high proportion of oxygen‐containing monoterpenes, amounting to 39% in the hydrodistillation oil, 54% in the steam distillation oil and 50% in the extraction–steam distillation oil of var. <jats:italic>orientalis</jats:italic>; 50% in the hydrodistillation oil, 64% in the steam distillation oil and 37% in the extraction–steam distillation oil of var. <jats:italic>integriloba</jats:italic>. Two varieties of <jats:italic>L. orientalis</jats:italic> provided volatile oils with a high content of terpinen‐4‐ol, α‐terpineol, sabinene, α‐pinene, viridiflorene and germacrene D and a lower percentage of other components. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley &amp; Sons, Ltd.</jats:p>