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Chemical
composition of essential oil from the peel of Satsuma
mandarin
Neng-guo Tao*, Yue-jin Liu, Ji-hong
Zhang, Hong-yan Zeng, Yu-fang Tang and Miao-ling Zhang
College of Chemical Engineering, Xiangtan University,
Xiangtan 411105, P.R. China.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
nengguotao@126.com.
Accepted 7 March, 2008 |
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The chemical composition of the essential oil obtained from
the peel of Satsuma mandarin was analyzed by GC/MS analysis.
As a result, 28 components were isolated. Among the 25
components identified, the monoterpenes hydrocarbons group
was predominant, accounting for 86.62% (w/w) of the total
oil. Of which, limonene was the most abundant (67.44%),
followed by β-myrcene (7.15%), 3-carene (4.4%), α-pinene
(2.52%), p-cymene (2.43%), β-pinene (1.46%), sabinene
(0.77%), terpinolene (0.47%) and α-thujene (0.45%).
Oxygenated monoterpenes (6.33%) and sesquiterpene (3.43%)
were also present in the oil.
Key words:
Essential oil, peel, GC/MS, limonene, Satsuma mandarin.
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