title: [Analysis of chemical constituents of the volatile oil from flowers of Oyster Rhoeo by GC/MS].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the chemical constituents of the volatile oil from the flowers of Oyster Rhoeo.
  
  
  METHODS
  The volatile oil from the flower of Oyster Rhoeo was extracted by steam distillation and its chemical constituents were analyzed by GC/MS technique.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All 20 compounds which relative content was greater than 0.3% were identified, accounting for 90.24% of the volatile oil.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The major constituent of the volatile oil is nonaldehyde (25.72%), the other main constituents are hexadecanoid acid (22.79%), nonanoic acid (18.94%), dodecanoic acid (7.72%), isovanillin (2.84%), heptanoic acid (2.20%), octanoic acid (1.89%) and linoleic acid (1.71%), respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China. hls57@126.com
authors.forename: Li-sha
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D034821:Commelinaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D035264:Flowers / Q000737:chemistry*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007850:Lauric Acids / Q000032:analysis; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019308:Palmitic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D007850:Lauric Acids; D009822:Oils, Volatile; D019308:Palmitic Acid