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Chemical composition of volatiles from Opuntia littoralis Opuntia ficus-indica , and Opuntia prolifera growing on Catalina Island, California.
- Source :
- Natural Product Research; Feb2014, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p208-211, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- The essential oils from the cladodes of Opuntia littoralis, Opuntia ficus-indica and Opuntia prolifera growing wild on Santa Catalina Island, California, were obtained by hydrodistillation and analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC–MS). Terpenoids were the dominant class of volatiles in O. littoralis, with the two main components being the furanoid forms of cis-linalool oxide (10.8%) and trans-linalool oxide (8.8%). Fatty acid-derived compounds dominated the essential oil of O. ficus-indica with linoleic acid (22.3%), palmitic acid (12.7%), lauric acid (10.5%) and myristic acid (4.2%) as major fatty acids. O. prolifera oil was composed of 46.6% alkanes and the primary hydrocarbon component was heptadecane (19.2%). Sixteen compounds were common to all the three Opuntia species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14786419
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Natural Product Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 94723755
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2013.867345