| pimenta racemosa leaf oil | |||
| In 1991, Tucker et al. analyzed the chemical composition of two commercial samples of the leaf oil of Pimenta racemosa (Miller) J. Moore var. racemosa using both GC and GC/MS. The components that were identified were as follows: | |||
| # | % | Leftshift | Components |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 0.00-0.39 | alpha- | amorphene |
| 38 | 0.00-0.09 | aromadendrene | |
| 40 | 0.00-0.28 | allo- | aromadendrene |
| 41 | 0.00-<0.01 | beta- | cadinene |
| 49 | 0.28-1.03 | delta- | cadinene |
| 47 | 0.05-0.15 | gamma- | cadinene |
| 55 | 0.00-0.30 | alpha- | cadinol |
| 53 | 0.00-<0.01 | gamma- | cadinol |
| 48 | <0.01-0.07 | (Z)- | calamenene |
| 3 | 0.00-0.14 | camphene | |
| 21 | 0.00-<0.01 | camphor | |
| 36 | 0.64-7.24 | beta- | caryophyllene |
| 42 | 0.00-0.17 | beta- | chamigrene |
| 26 | <0.01-15.51 | chavicol | |
| 14 | 1.38-1.39 | 1,8- | cineole |
| 27 | 0.00-0.11 | (E)- | cinnamaldehyde |
| 32 | 0.32-0.41 | alpha- | copaene |
| 30 | 0.00-<0.01 | alpha- | cubebene |
| 23 | 0.00-<0.01 | para- | cymen-8-ol |
| 19 | <0.01-0.97 | para- | cymene |
| 12 | 0.00-0.30 | alpha-para- | dimethyl styrene |
| 33 | 0.00-0.20 | beta- | elemene |
| 31 | 44.41-68.93 | eugenol | |
| 50 | 0.00-0.51 | eugenyl acetate | |
| 46 | 0.00-0.59 | alpha- | farnesene |
| 29 | 0.00-0.22 | geranial | |
| 28 | 0.00-0.12 | geraniol | |
| 52 | 0.00-0.36 | globulol | |
| 35 | 0.00-0.13 | alpha- | gurjunene |
| 39 | 0.15-1.31 | alpha- | humulene |
| 13 | 2.07-3.90 | limonene | |
| 20 | 0.13-3.63 | linalool | |
| 25 | 0.03-0.05 | methyl chavicol | |
| 34 | 0-11.88 | methyl eugenol | |
| 45 | 0.00-0.05 | alpha- | muurolene |
| 54 | 0.00-<0.01 | gamma- | muurolol |
| 8 | 0.10-16.17 | myrcene | |
| 16 | 0.08-1.42 | (E)-beta- | ocimene |
| 15 | 0.08-0.10 | (Z)-beta- | ocimene |
| 9 | 0.00-0.84 | 3- | octanol |
| 7 | 0.00-1.10 | 3- | octanone |
| 5 | 0.00-1.74 | 1- | octen-3-ol |
| 10 | 0.07-0.45 | alpha- | phellandrene |
| 2 | 0.46-0.47 | alpha- | pinene |
| 6 | 0.00-0.09 | beta- | pinene |
| 4 | 0.00-<0.1 | sabinene | |
| 44 | 0.00-0.63 | alpha- | selinene |
| 43 | 0.00-0.33 | beta- | selinene |
| 51 | 0.00-0.12 | spathulenol | |
| 22 | 0.05-0.90 | terpinen-4-ol | |
| 11 | 0.02-0.19 | alpha- | terpinene |
| 17 | <0.01-0.16 | gamma- | terpinene |
| 24 | 0.14-0.52 | alpha- | terpineol |
| 18 | 0.09-0.24 | terpinolene | |
| 1 | 0.0-<0.1 | alpha- | thujene |
A. Tucker, M. J. Macirarello, R. P. Adams, L. R. Landrum and T. A. Zanoni, Volatile leaf oils of Caribbean Myrtaceae 1. Three varieties of Pimenta racemosa (Miller) J. Moore of the Dominican Republic and the commerciai bay oil. J. Essent. Oil Res., 3, 323-329 (1991). P&F 22, No. 6, 45, (1997) | |||