ISSN 2375-074X
African Journal of Plant Breeding ISSN 2375-074X Vol. 6 (1), pp. 001-003, January, 2019. © International Scholars Journals
Short Communication
Chemical composition of essential oils of two cultivated Eucalyptus species from the central Iran
Mehdi Rahimi-Nasrabadi1* and Hossein Batooli2
1Department of Chemistry, Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran.
2Isfahan Research Center of Natural Sources and Agriculture, Kashan Station, Kashan, Iran.
Accepted 24 October, 2018
Abstract
The chemical composition of essential oils of leaves of two cultivated species, Eucalyptus loxophleba Benth. and Eucalyptus leocoxylon F. Muell. in the central of Iran were obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by gas chromatography, using flame ionization and mass spectrometric detection. A total of thirty nine compounds representing 98.0% of total oil have been identified in the oil of E. loxophleba. 1,8-cineole (39.4%), methyl amyl acetate (19.8%), aromadendrene (10.0%), viridiflorol (6.0%) and α-pinene (5.4%) were the major constituents in the volatile oil of E. loxophleba oil. Forty three components were identified in the E. leocoxylon oil where 1,8-cineole (59.1%), cryptone (15.1%), α-pinene (9.9%), α-terpineol (5.1%) and globulol (5.0%) are considered as the main components. The amount of 1,8-cineole as the main component was higher in the oil of E. leocoxylon.
Key words: Eucalyptus loxophleba, Eucalyptus leocoxylon, Myrtaceae, essential oil, 1,8-cineole.