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Journal of Essential Oil Research Volume 22, 2010 - Issue 5
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Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil Hydrodistilled from Serbian Taxus baccata L.

N. Radulović Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Niš, Višegradska 33, 18000, Niš, Serbia
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P. Blagojević Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Niš, Višegradska 33, 18000, Niš, Serbia
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R. Palić Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Niš, Višegradska 33, 18000, Niš, Serbia
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B. Zlatković Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Niš, Višegradska 33, 18000, Niš, Serbia
Pages 458-461 | Received 01 Jun 2008, Accepted 01 Sep 2008, Published online: 08 Dec 2011
 
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Abstract

Hydrodistillation of fresh needles and branches of Taxus baccata L. (Gymnospermae, Taxaceae) yielded 0.02% (w/w) of the essential oil. GC and GC/MS analyses enabled the identification of 62 constituents that accounted for 92.2% of the total oil. The oil was found to mainly consist of components belonging to one of the following classes: terpenoids (28.2%), “green leaf” volatiles (12.0%), carotenoid derived compounds (18.4%) and n-alkanes (18.4%). The major contributors were hexahydrofarnesyl acetone (18.3%), myrtenol (18.3%), (Z)-3-hexenol (6.0%), 3-methyl-2-butenoic acid (5.9%) and tricosane (5.5%). The terpenoid fraction was completely made up of monoterpenoids and diterpenoids (mostly oxygenated derivatives), but, contrary to the oils isolated from other Taxus taxa, no sesqui-terpenoids were identifed.

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