Chemical composition of the wood and leaf oils from the "Clanwilliam Cedar" (Widdringtonia cedarbergensis J.A Marsh): A critically endangered species

Kamatou G. P. P., Viljoen A. M., Ozek T., Baser K. H. C.

SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, cilt.76, sa.4, ss.652-654, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 76 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.sajb.2010.04.002
  • Dergi Adı: SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.652-654
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Widdringtonia is the only genus of the 16 genera of Cupressaceae present in South Africa This genus is represented by three species in South Africa, W nodiflora, W schwarzu and W cedarbergensis (= W juniperoides) and the latter listed as critically endangered Cedarwood oil (generally obtained from Jumper-us species) is widely used as a fragrance material in several consumer products, however, no data has been published on the volatiles of the Clanwilliam cedar (W cedarbergensis) native to South Africa The essential oil composition of the wood and leaf oil isolated by hydro-distillation were analysed by GC MS The two oils were distinctly different Twenty compounds representing 93 8% of the total oil were identified in the leaf oil which was dominated by terpinen-4-ol (36 0%), sabinene (19 2%), gamma-terpinene (10 4%), alpha-terpinene (5 5%) and myrcene (5 5%) Twenty six compounds representing 89 5% of the total were identified in the wood oil with the predominance of thujopsene (47 1%), alpha-cedrol (10 7%), widdrol (8 5%) and cuparene (4 0%) (C) 2010 SAAB Published by Elsevier B V All rights reserved