Chemical composition of essential oils of berries of Juniperus macrocarpa Sibth. & Sm. from Turkey
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: The chemical compositions of the hydrodistilled essential oils of ripen and unripen berries of Juniperus macrocarpa Sibth. & Sm. (Jom) were analysed by GC-MS. Thirty eight compounds were identified from unripe berries, accounting for approximately 0.03% oil yield (v/w dried weight) and 16 compounds from ripe berries with 0.003% oil yield (v/w dried weight). While the major compounds in the essential oils of unripe berries were α-cedrol (30.04%), α-pinene (18.81%), germacrene-D (14.58%), δ-cadinene (3.80%), γ-cadinene (2.29%), α-humulene (2.29%), γ-muurolene (2.27%), epi-bicyclosesquiphellandrene (1.69%), transcaryophyllene (1.68%), valencen (1.53 %) and α-cedrol (49.87%), β- caryophyllene (29.57%), α-cedrene (4.75%), γ-muurolene (2.54%), carvacrol methyl ether (1.4%), trans-pinocarveol (1.2%), α-pinene (1.13%), α-muurolene (1.04%) were identified from ripe berries and their mean percentage varied according to their phenological stage. Both qualitative and quantitative differences between ripe and unripe berries of the plant were observed.
Source: Bangladesh Journal of Botany
Institution: Ege University
Language: English
Subfield: Food Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3006000601