Chemical composition of the essential oil of cionura erecta (asclepiadaceae) inforescences

The essential oil of the inflorescence of Cionura erecta (L.) Griseb. was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Seventy-two components were identified. The major components of the oil were safranal (16.8%), (Z)-3-hexenyl benzoate (6.1%), heneicosane (5.7%) linalool (4.8%), linalool (4.8%) and tricosane (4.4%). © 2007, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.