title: Volatile constituents of the flower and fruit oils of Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) Ait. grown in Iran.
abstract: The volatile components of the flower and fruit oils from Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) Ait. grown in Iran, obtained through hydrodistillation, were analyzed by GC/MS. Sixteen compounds (representing 90.7% of the oil) and seventeen constituents (representing 89.9% of the oil) were identified in the flower and fruit oils, respectively. While the flower oil contained a-pinene (38.6%), n-nonane (11.8%), (E)-nerolidol (9.0%) and (E)-beta-ocimene (7.7%), the fruit oil contained a-pinene (30.2%), n-nonane (12.2%), germacrene-D (12.0%), a-cubebene (7.6%) and beta-cubebene (5.1%) as the main compounds.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacognosy Department, School of Pharmacy, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P. O. Box 14155-6153, Tehran, Iran. bnickavar@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Bahman
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nickavar
authors.forename: Gholamreza
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Amin
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yosefi
mesh_terms: D035264:Flowers / Q000737:chemistry*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007492:Iran; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019685:Rosales / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000254:growth & development; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013729:Terpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D009822:Oils, Volatile; D010938:Plant Oils; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D013729:Terpenes