The Composition of the Volatile Oil Obtained from the Leaves of Torreya nucifera and the Structure of Torreyol
- 1 October 1963
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
- Vol. 36 (10) , 1261-1264
- https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.36.1261
Abstract
It was found that the volatile oil from the leaves of Torreya nucifera contains limonene, 41.4% ; α-pinene, 23.0% ; myrcene, 6.8 ; terpinolene, 0.7% ; 3-carene, 0.3% ; γ-terpinene, 0.1% ; citronellol, 0.7%; terpinen-4-ol, 0.4%; α-terpineol, 0.3%; methyl salicylate, 0.2% ; phenylethyl acetate, 0.1%; δ-cadinene, 13.6%; γ-cadinene, 2.0%; β-elemene, 0.8%; torreyol (δ-cadinol), 3.1%; ( + )-cadinenol, 1.2%; nerolidol, 0.6%; small amounts of linalool and geraniol; two unknown sesquiterpenic hydrocarbons, 1.8%; an unknown sesquiterpene alcohol, 1.0%, and three unidentified carbonyl compounds.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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