title: [Chemical constituents of the essential oil from the pericarp of Trichosanthes rosthornii Harms].
abstract: The composition of the neutral essential oil from the pericarp of Trichosanthes rosthornii was analysed by means of GC and GC-MS-DS. A total of 61 compounds were identified. The major constituents were dibutyl phthalate, methyl hexadecanoate, phenanthrene, fluranthene and 3-methyl phenanthrene. The total contents of identified compounds accounted for 80.17% of the neutral essential oil.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D003993:Dibutyl Phthalate / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010616:Phenanthrenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D009822:Oils, Volatile; D010616:Phenanthrenes; D003993:Dibutyl Phthalate