title: Characteristic chemical components of the essential oil from white kwao krua (Pueraria mirifica).
abstract: The components of the essential oil from the roots of Pueraria mirifica were analyzed by capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Eighty-two components, representing 88.5% of the total oil, were identified by GC-MS. The main component of the oil was 2-pentylfuran, followed by hexanal and hexadecanol. With regard to the odor components from the essential oil of P. mirifica as determined by gas chromatography-olfactometry and aroma extract dilution analysis, it was revealed that phenylacetaldehyde and (2E)-nonenal imparted the green odor of the oil, and geraniol contributed to the sweet odor.
authors.affiliation: Picaso Cosmetics Laboratory Limited, Nishinomia-shi, Hyogo 662-0911, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakahashi
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Mitsuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyazawa
mesh_terms: D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry; D029908:Pueraria / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009822:Oils, Volatile