title: Volatile Components Emitted from the Liverwort Marchantia paleacea subsp. diptera.
abstract: The volatile components from the thalloid liverwort, Marchantia paleacea subsp. diptera were investigated by HS-SPME-GC-MS analysis. The monocyclic monoterpene aldehyde, perillaldehyde was identified for the first time as the major component and its content was about 50% of the volatiles, along with β-pinene, limonene, β-caryophyllene, α-selinene and β-selinene as minor volatiles. Using MD (Multi-dimensional) GC-MS analysis equipped with a chiral column as the second column, the chirality was determined of both perillaldehyde and limonene, which was considered as the precursor of perillaldehyde. Both compounds were (S)-(-)-enantiomers (over 99.0 %) and (R)-enantiomers (less than 0.5 %). This is the first report of the existence of perillaldehyde in liverworts.
authors.forename: Kazutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomiyama
authors.forename: Yukihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: Nozomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ochiai
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yabe
authors.forename: Tomomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Asakawa
mesh_terms: D035926:Hepatophyta / Q000737:chemistry*; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds