Chemical composition of the essential oil of Diospyros wallichii King & Gamble (Ebenaceae)

Year 2020, Volume: 7 Issue: 3, 12 - 17, 07.09.2020

Wan Mohd Nuzul Hakimi Wan Salleh , Shamsul Khamis

Abstract

The chemical composition of the essential oil from the leaves of Diospyros wallichii (Ebenaceae) growing in Malaysia was investigated
for the first time. The essential oil was obtained by hydrodistillation and fully characterized by gas chromatography (GC-FID) and gas
chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). A total of 34 components (95.8%) were successfully identified in the essential oil which
were characterized by high proportions of β-eudesmol (28.5%), caryophyllene oxide (9.5%), β-caryophyllene (7.2%), α-eudesmol
(6.5%) and germacrene D (6.2%).

Keywords

Ebenacea, Diospyros wallichii, essential oil, hydrodistillation, β-eudesmol, GC-MS

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