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RESEARCH REPORT

Volatile Components of Mimusops elengi L. Flowers

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Pages 453-458 | Received 01 Aug 1993, Published online: 28 Nov 2011
 

ABSTRACT

The headspace and solvent extract of the flowers of Mimusops elengi L. were analyzed by capillary GC and GC/MS.A total of 74 compounds were identified, of which the major chemical classes were aromatic alcohols and esters derived from the phenylpropanoid metabolism. Headspace analysis showed 2-phenylethanol (37.80%), methyl benzoate (13.40%), p-methylanisole (9.94%) and 2-phenylethyl acetate (7.16%) as most abundant, whereas in the solvent extract 2-phenylethanol (38.79%), (E)-cinnamyl alcohol (13.72%) and 3-hydroxy-4-phenyl-2-butanone (4.74%) were dominant.

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