Essential oil composition ofMurraya exotica from the plains of northern India

Abstract

The essential oil composition of Murraya exotica leaves and flowers from CIMAP Research Farm, Lucknow, were analysed by GC and GC–MS, which resulted in the identification of 56 and 72 constituents, representing 99.8% and 99.2% of the oils, respectively. The leaf oil showed (E)-nerolidol (27.8%), α-zingiberene (10.0%), β-caryophyllene (9.7%), (E,E) farnesol (8.9%) and δ-elemene (5.1%) as the major constituents, while the flower oil showed (E,E,E)-α-springene (23.8%), (E)-nerolidol (18.7%), (E,E) α-farnesene (13.2%), methyl palmitate (6.8%) and germacrene B (5.9%) as the major constituents. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.