citrus bigaradia oil | |||
An oil produced from the flowers of the bitter orange tree was analyzed by a combination of GC/MS and retention indices (Lin et al., 1986). The oil was found to possess the following composition. | |||
# | % | Leftshift | Components |
---|---|---|---|
3 | 0.02 | camphene | |
25 | 0.13 | beta- | caryophyllene |
29 | trace | farnesol | |
17 | 0.04 | geranial | |
15 | trace | geraniol | |
23 | 2.15 | geranyl acetate | |
26 | trace | alpha- | humulene |
6 | 9.13 | limonene | |
9 | 50.46 | linalool | |
8 | 0.15 | (E)- | linalool oxide furanoid |
18 | 0.09 | (E)- | linalool oxide pyranoid |
21 | 0.07 | (Z)- | linalool oxide pyranoid |
16 | 18.39 | linalyl acetate | |
19 | trace | methyl anthranilate | |
27 | trace | gamma- | muurolene |
5 | 6.26 | myrcene | |
14 | 0.50 | neral | |
13 | trace | nerol | |
30 | 1.09 | (E)- | nerolidol |
28 | 0.64 | (Z)- | nerolidol |
22 | 1.09 | neryl acetate | |
24 | trace | nonanal | |
7 | 3.91 | beta- | ocimene |
2 | 0.28 | alpha- | pinene |
4 | 0.53 | beta- | pinene |
12 | trace | trans- | pinocarveol |
10 | 0.11 | terpinen-4-ol | |
11 | 4.75 | alpha- | terpineol |
20 | trace | alpha- | terpinyl acetate |
1 | trace | alpha- | thujene |
Z-K. Lin, Y-F. Hua and Y-H. Gu, The chemical constituents of the essential oil from the flowers, leaves and peels of Citrus aurantium. Zhiwu Xuebao, 28, 635-640 (1966). P&F 22, No. 6, 45, (1997) |