Aromatic Plants from Western Cuba. VI. Composition of the Leaf Oils of Murraya exotica L., Amyris balsamifera L., Severinia buxifolia (Poir.) Ten. and Triphasia trifolia (Burm. f.) P. Wilson

Abstract

The chemical composition of the leaf oils of Murraya exotica L., Amyris balsamifera L., Severinia buxifolia (Poir.) Ten. and Triphasia trifolia (Burm. f.) P. Wilson from Cuba were studied by GC and GC/MS. Sixty-one compounds of the oil of M. exotica were identified of which β-caryophyllene (24.1%) was the major constituent. In the oil obtained from A. balsamifera, 56 compounds were identified of which valerianol (43.8%) was the major constituent. Sixty-seven components were identified in the oil of S. buxifolia and the major constituents were (E)-β-santalol (26.9%) and α-santalene (22.3%), while 81 compounds were identified in the oil of T. trifolia and the major constituent was germacrene B (16.3%).