GC-MS analysis of essential oil of Shorea robusta bast.
GC-MS analysis of the essential oil of Shorea robusta bast (cambium + secondary phloem) has revealed the presence of twenty-eight compounds, of which nine compounds, constituting 48.79% of the oil, were identified as T-cadinol (16.75%), alpha-cadinol (16.45%), globulol (4.52%), alpha-copaene (3.79%), gamma-cadinene (2.34%), viridiflorene (1.62%), beta-elemene (1.54%), alpha-terpineol (1.33%) and gamma-muurolene (0.45%). This is the first report on the volatile constituents of the bast which may be significant in influencing host location for Hoplocerambyx spinicornis, the most injurious heartwood borer of Shorea robusta.
Kaur
Sandeep
S
Chemistry Division, Forest Research Institute, P.O. New Forest, Dehra Dun-248006, India.
Varshney
V K
VK
Dayal
Rameshwar
R
D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera; D020448:Ericales / Q000737:chemistry*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry; D010945:Plants, Edible; D014835:Volatilization
D009822:Oils, Volatile; D010936:Plant Extracts