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Planta Med 1980; 39(6): 164-167
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1074920
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Constituents of Essential Oil of Myrtus communis

M. Vanhaelen, R. Vanhaelen-Fastré
  • Université Libre de Bruxelles, Institut de Pharmacie, Bruxelles.
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29 April 2008 (online)

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Abstract

Four commercial samples of myrtle oil (Myrtus communis L.) were investigated by gas-liquid chromatography in connection with functional group analysis and by gas-liquid chromatography combined with mass spectrometry. β-pinene, myrcene, phellandrene, limonene, γ-terpinene, p-cymene, linalool, linalyl acetate, β-caryophyllene, α-terpineol and methyl eugenol were identified; the presence of earlier reported constituents (α-pinene, camphene, dipentene, l:8-cineol, myrtenyl acetate, myrtenol, nerol and geraniol) was confirmed.

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Myrtus communis - Myrtaceae - Essential Oil - Gas Chromatography - Monoterpenes - Sesquiterpenes.