Characterization of the leaf essential oils of an endemic species Cinnamomum perrottetii from Western Ghats, India

Abstract

Essential oils from the leaf of Cinnamomum perrottetii Meissn. collected from three distinct populations in the southern Western Ghats, India were analysed by GC–FID and GC–MS. A total of 56 volatile constituents representing 92.2–96.3% of the oils were identified. Variations in the chemical constituents of the oils were found. Only three major components namely, α-pinene (5.1–6.6%), tau-cadinol (8.7–20.5%) and α-cadinol (7.3–13%) out of 10 were found in all three samples. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the chemical compositions of leaf essential oil of C. perrottetii.

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Keywords:

• Cinnamomum perrottetii
• essential oil
• tau-cadinol
• α-cadinol
• α-pinene

Acknowledgments

We thank the Hon’ble Vice-chancellor and Dean, Sponsored Research, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India for facilities and encouragement. We also thank the State Forest Departments of Kerala and Tamil Nadu States, India for permission to collect plant sample. We are also grateful to Dr Swaminathan Sethuraman, Drishtee Natural, Hosur for GC–FID analysis.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Funding

This work was supported by Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, New Delhi [grant number SB/FT/LS-300/2012].